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Descriptive Chart 



FOR GIVING 



A DELINEATION OF CHARACTER 



ACCORDING TO 



PHRENOLOGY and PHYSIOGNOMY; 



FOR THE USE OF 



PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGISTS. 



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1. 

L. 
2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 
E. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 
10. 
11. 
VI. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 



NUMBERING AND DEFINITION O t THE ORGANS. 



Amativeness, Love between the sexes. 
Conjugality, Matrimony— love of one. 
Parental Love, Regard for offspring, pets, 
etc. . . , .... 

Friendship, Adhesiveness— sociability. 
Inhabitiveness, Love of home. 
Continuity, One thing at a time, 
Yitativeness, Love of life. 
Combativeness, Resistance— defense. 
Destructive™ ss, hixeeutiveness— force. 
Alimentiveness, Appetite— hunger. 
Acquisitiveness, Accumulation. 
Secretiveness, Policy— management. 
Cautiousness, Prudence— provision. 
Apppobativeness, Ambition— display. 
. BelfrXespect— dignity. 
Decision— perseverance, 
dentiousness, Justice, equity. 
►ectation— enterprise, 
Spirituality, Intuhlon— faiih— crciluli*"'. 
Veneration, Devotion— respect. 
Benevolence, Kindness— goodnea?. 



20. Constructiveness, Mechanical ingenuity, 

21. Ideality, Refinement— taste— purity. 

B. Sublimity, Love of grandeur— infinitude. 

22 . Imitation, Copying— patterning. 

23. Mirthfulness, Jocoscness— wit— 

24. Individuality, Observation— desire to see. 

25. Form, Recollects n of shape. 
20. Size, Measuring by the eye. 

27. Weight, Balancing— climbing. 

28. Color, Judgment of colors. 

29. Older. Method— system— arrangement* 

30. Calculation, Mental arithmetic. 

31. Locality, Recollection of places. 

32. Eventuality, Memory of facts. 

33. Time, Cognizance of duration. 

34. Tunc Sense of harmony and melody. 

35. Language, Expressioo of ideas. 

36. Causality, Applying causes to effect. 

37. Comparison, Inductive reasoning— illus. 

tration. 

C. Human Nature, P< rception of motives. 

D. Agrceableness, Pleasantness— suavity. 

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Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor. 

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CONDITIONS. 


7 

Very 
Lar^re 


6 

Large. 


5 

Full. 


4 

Aver 
age. 


3 

Moder- 
ate. 


2 

Small. 


Organic Quality 

Health 


Page 

7 

8 


7 


7 


8 


8 


8 


8 


8 


8 


8 


8 


Yital Temperament. . . 
Breathing Power 

Circulatory Power. . 

Digestive Power . . 
Motive Temperament. . 
Mental Temperament. . 

Activity 


9 


9 


9 

10 


9 

10 


9 


10 


10 


10 


10 
11 


10 


11 
11 
12 


11 
11 
12 
13 
14 


11 


11 


11 


11 
12 
13 


11 
12 


12 


12 


12 
13 


13 

14 


13 
14 
14 

15 
16 


13 


14 


14 


14 


14 


Excitability 

Siz ) of Head. in. 

Ear to Ear, overtop " 

1. Amativeness 

A. Conjugality 

2. Parental Love 

3. Friendship 

4. Inhabitiveness 

5. Continuity 

E, Vitativeness 

6. Combativeness 

7. Destructiveness 

8. Alimentiveness 

9. Acquisitiveness 

10. Secretiveness 

11. Cautiousness 

12. Approbativeoess. . . . 

13. Self-Esteem 


14 
15 
16 


14 


14 


15 


15 


15 

17 


15 


15 


16 


17 


17 


17 


17 

18 


17 
~18~ 


17 

"~18~ 


18 

18 


18 


18 


18 


19 


19 


19 


19 


19 


19 


20 


20 


20 


2J 


20 


20 


20 


20 
21 
22 

23 


21 
22 
22 
24 


21 


21 


21 


21 


22 

~ 2? 
24 


22 

~ 23~ 

24 


22 


22 


23 
24 


23 
24 


24 
25 


24 


24 


25 


25 


25 


25 


26 


26 


26 


26 


26 

27 
28 
29 


26 

27 
28 
29 


27 
27 
28 


27 
28 
28 


27 


27 


28 


28 


29 


29 


29 


29 


29 


30 


14 Firmness 


30 


30 


30 


30 


30 


30 





4 ADAPTATION IN MARRIAGE. 

When a person has a perfect balance of temperament and a har- 
monious development of all the mental faculties and dispositions, a com- 
panion should be chosen whose development is similar ; but as this is very 
rarely found, each person should seek to form a union with one who is prop- 
erly contrasted, so that the excess of one may be balanced and modified 
by a less development in the other. 

The person for whom the foregoing Chart is marked should choose a com- 
panion having a constitution and mental qualities as indicated by the maricing 
of this table. 



Vital Temperament.. 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Motive Tempera- 
ment 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 




Mental Tempera- 
ment 


S rong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 




General Build or 
Form 


Tall& Bony. 


Medium. 


Short & Plump. 


Size of Head 


Large. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 




Weight 


Heavy. 


Medium. 


Light. 




Full and Plump 


Decidedly. 


Medium. 


Moderately. 


Complexion 


Dark Brunette. 


Medium 


Light, or Blonde. 




Hair 


Dark & Strong. 


Medium. 


Light & Fine. 




Eyes „ 


Dark. 


Medium. 


Light, or Blue. 




Social and Domestic. 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Energy of Character. 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Self -Reliance 


Str ng. 


Medium. 


Moderate, 


Prudence and Policy. 


Strong. 


]\ edium. 


Moderate. 


Regard for Praise 
and Public OpiuioL 


Strong. 


Medium 


Moderate. 


Economy aud Love 
of Property 


Strong 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Cheerfulness and 
Self-Control 


Strong. Medium. 


Moderate. 


Ingenuity, Skill aud 
'J aste 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Practical Talent.. .. 


Strong. 


Med.um 


Moderate. 


Reasoning and Plan- 
ning Tal nt 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 


Convert aticnal 
Power 


Strong. 


Medium. 


Moderate. 




Moral and Religious 


Very Strong Full. 


Moderate. 



BUSINESS ADAPTATIONS. 



Artistic. 

Actor. 

Artif IFlow'rs. 
Designer. 
Decorator. 
Engraver. 
Elocution. 
Landscape Gar- 
dening. 
Lithographer. 
Musician. 
Music Teacher. 
Painter. 
Photographer. 
Poet. 
Sculptor. 
Stained Glass. 

Commercial. 

Accountant. 

Agent, Gen'l. 

Adv'g Agent. 

Appraiser. 

Auctioneer. 

Banker. 

Bookkeeper. 

Bookseller. 

Boots & Shoes 

B Id'rs' M't'ls. 

Bus.Col.T'ch'r. 

Butcher. 

Carriages, 

Cashier. 

Clothing. 

Collector. 



Commis. Mer. 

Com. Traveler. 

Cora. Law. 

Conductor. 

Druggist. 

Dry Goods. 

Express 

Fancy Goods. 

Florist. 

Flour & Feed. 

Fruits. 

Grain. 

Groceries. 

Hardware. 

Hotel. 

House Furn'g. 

Implements. 

Importing. 

Insurance. 

Jewelry. 

Live Stock. 

Lumber. 

Marketing. 

Millinery G'ds. 

Music & Inst's. 

Notions. 

Pictures. 

Publisher, 

Real Estate. 

Restaurant. 

Retail Mer. 

Salesman. 

Shipp'gCl'k. 

Speculator. 

Sport'g G'ds. 



Superint'd't. 
Steward. 
Tail'rs' Trni's. 
Wholes'leMer. 

Literary. 

Actor. 

Amanuensis. 

Author. 

Clergyman. 

Conveyancer. 

Correspond'!:. 

Critic of Ait 

or Books. 
Editor. 
Elocutionist. 
Historian. 
Lawyer, Office 

Work. 
Lecturer. 
Linguist. 
Orator. 
Poet. 
Professor. 
Proofreader. 
Reporter. 
Secretary. 
Teacher. 
Writer. 

Mechanical. 

Architect. 
Baker. 
Blacksmith. 
Bookbinder. 



Boss W'kman. 

Boat Builder. 

Builder. 

Cabinetmaker. 

Carpenter. 

Carriage B Id' r 

Compositor. 

Cooper. 

Contractor. 

Dairyman. 

Dentist. 

Draftsman. 

Dressmaking 

Farmer. 

Finisher. 

Gasfitter. 

Glass Blowciv 

Gardener. 

Gunsmith* 

Inventor. 

Locksmith. 

Machinist. 

Mason. 

Miller. 

Milliner. 

Overseer. 

Paper Han^i nsr 

Patent Luvvyet 

Photo Ei gr'r. 

Printer. 

Plumber. 

Shoemaker. 

Seamstress. 

Stonecutter. 

Shipbuilder. 



BUSINESS ADAPTATIONS. 



Tailor. 

Tinsmith. 

Trunk &H'nss. 

Turner. 

Typewriter. 

Undertaker. 

Upholsterer. 

Scientific, 

Anatomist. 

Assayer. 

Astronomer. 

Botanist. 

Chemist. 

Electrician. 

Engineer. 

Geologist. 

Mathematics. 



Miner. 

Mineralogist. 

Navigator. 

Phrenologist. 

Physician. 

Surgeon. 

Surveyor. 



Oratorical. 

Auctioneer. 

Dramatist. 

Elocutionist. 

Lecturer. 

Lawyer. 

Minister. 

Politician. 

Statesman. 



Religious & 
Charitable. 

Bishop. 
Chaplain. 
Minister. 
Missionary. 

Nurse. 

Executive. 

Admin'trator. 
AoVg Agent. 
Boss W'kman. 
Captain. 
Commander. 
Contractor. 
Explorer. 
Pres. of Corp. 
Promoter. 



Public Office. 
War Corres. 

Miscellane= 
ous. 

Assessor. 

Fisherman. 

Housekeeper. 

Inspector. 

Livery Keeper. 

Matron. 

Nurse. 

Teamster. 

Waiter. 

Watchman. 



EXPLANATION OF THE CHART TABLES. 

The examiner will mark the power of each function and faculty 
by placing a figure, a dot or dash on a line with the name of the 
organ marked, and in a column headed "large," "full," etc, ac- 
cording to the size of each organ; while the printed figure in the 
square thus marked refers to the page in this book where will be 
found a description of the peivon examined, under the head "very 
large," "large," "full," "average/' "moderate," "small" or 
«• very small." 

When an organ is half-way between two sizes it is represented 
by two figures, as 5 to 6, or 3 to 4, which is equivalent to 5 -J- or 3|. 
In these cases both sentences may be read and a medium between 
the two will be appropriate. 

This sign +, plus, signifies about one-third of a dpgree larger, 
and the sign — , minus, one-third of a number less, than the mark 
indicates. 



DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 



I. 

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 



I.— ORGANIC QUALITY. 

(•7.) Very Good. — You have a remarkably refined, sensitive, and 
delicate organization ; are susceptible of exquisite enjoyment and 
intense suffering ; and are greatly affected by extremes of heat and 
cold, especially the latter. You are adapted to fine and light work 
rather than to that which is coarse and heavy, have poetic and artistic 
tastes, lofty aspirations, tender sympathies, and a longing for congenial 
companionship. Being inclined to live too far above the common 
interests and pursuits of life, you fail to find full appreciation, and are 
subjected to much suffering by the rude contacts involved among the 
every-day realities of this life. Cultivate a more robust bodily condi- 
tion — eat, drink, sleep, and grow fat — and try to live more in the real 
and less in the ideal world. [23.]* 

(6.) Good. — You are fine-grained, high-toned, and delicately organ- 
ized; susceptible, sensitive, and sympathetic; refined in your tastes, 
pleasures, and aspirations ; and repelled by whatever is low, coarse, or 
gross. You are liable to extremes in feeling and acting ; are likely to 
be either very good or very bad ; suffer keenly, enjoy deeply, and are 
I generally either greatly exalted or greatly depressed ; have exquisite 
1 tastes ; love the beautiful, and desire, if you do not always seek, the 
' good and the true. [23.] 

(5.) Full. — Yours is neither a coarse nor an over-wrought organiza- 
tion. Your tendencies, so far as your constitution affects them, are 
upward rather than downward, and your tastes elevating rather than 
degrading. You must avoid all those habits which minister to the 
animal passions and clog mental manifestation, and strive to elevate 
yourself far above the gross and groveling multitude. [23.] 

* These figures, and others similarly introduced in [brackets] throughout this pari 
of the work, refer to pages in the first part— " How to Read Character"— where addi- 
tional information or explanatory remarks may be foundc 



8 DELINEATION OF CHARACTEEl 

(4.) Average. — You are rather deficient in quality or delicacy in 
your organization ; plain in your tastes ; practical in your views ; not 
very poetical or sentimental ; and better fitted for the matter-of-fact 
routine of every-clay life than for the higher walks of literature and 
art. You must cultivate the Mental Temperament, and be careful to 
contract no debasing habits, as one error, in a person of your organi- 
zation, is likely to lead to others and to final ruin. [23.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your organic quality is below the average and 
your mental manifestations sluggish and weak. Y r ou are better 
adapted to manual labor than to study, and should not attempt any of 
the more delicate mechanical trades. You must try to make up, by 
the assiduous cultivation of your intellectual and moral powers, for 
your lack of natural organic endowments. Avoid, by all means, 
drinking, smoking, and low company. [23.] 

(2.) Poor. — Yours is a coarse-grained structure, and all your appe- 
tites, tastes, and desires are of the plainer, coarser kind. There is 
the most urgent need in your case to restrain the passions; to put 
yourself in the way of moral and religious influences ; and to cultivate 
the intellectual faculties, so far as you are able. [23.] 

II.— STATE OF THE HEALTH. 

(7.) Very Good. — You are full of life ; vigorous, strong, buoyant, 
and hearty in the highest degree, and enjoy exquisite pleasure in the 
mere sense of animal existence. [24.] 

(6.) Good. — All your bones, muscles, and nerves are apparently in 
good working order, and you enjoy the exercise of every organ of 
body and brain. You should now manifest your greatest efficiency in 
both physical and mental action ; find study and work alike easy and 
pleasant; and be able to endure toil, exposure, and hardship with 
impunity. [24.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a full share of vigor and vital stamina ; can 
work with efficiency and endure considerable hardship ; but have no 
life -force to waste in unnecessary and fruitless effort. [24.] 

(4.) Average. — You have a fair degree of health, but are liable to 
ailments, and must live regularly, pay strict attention to the laws of 
your being, and be careful not to overwork yourself, and thus break 
dowm your constitution. [24.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are deficient in vitality ; are easily fatigued ; 
often ailing, and seldom capable of any great degree of physical or 
mental exertion. You must avoid overdoing, and make the restoration 
of your health your first object. Stop all unnecessary drafts upon your 
remaining stock of vitality, and seek, by means of rest, sleep, and 
recreation, to increase it. Drinking, smoking, chewing, late hours, and 
all kinds of dissipation, must be entirely avoided. [24.] 

(2.) Poor.— You have but a small amount of health left, and must 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 

make use of every means within your reach for its improvement Try 
to arouse yourself to combat your ailments. Pluck is as essential in 
meeting the attacks of disease as in opposing a human foe. A strong 
will has saved many a life. " Courage and Hope " — let that be your 
motto. [24.] 

III.— THE VITAL TEMPERAMENT. j 

(7.) Very Largely Developed. — This temperament is character- ' 
ized by rotundity. You are plump, stout, full-chested, and fond of 
fresh air and the luxuries of life ; but you like play better than hard 
work. In mental character there is a tendency to impulsiveness, en- 
thusiasm, versatility, practicality, and to take a matter-of-fact view of 
things. Your fondness for good living, jovial company, sports and 
amusements, render you liable to fall into habits of intemperance, 
against which you must be continually on your guard. If you find 
yourself inclined to an uncomfortable obesity, your remedy must be 
work, and a spare diet. Keep both body and mind actively engaged, 
and avoid indolence and the indulgences of the table as your greatest 
foes. By a rigid adherence to a low and moderate diet, and by vigor- 
ous manual labor, you may greatly modify and improve your tempera- 
ment. [20.] 

(6.) Largely Developed. — You are well-proportioned, full-chested, 
and amply supplied with the oil of life. All your joints are thor- 
oughly lubricated, and your mental machinery works without fric- 
tion. You are likely to manifest a good degree of business talent, and 
to be not averse to doing your share of necessary- work, when there is 
profit in it. You have great need to exercise all your moral sense, 
caution, and will-power in avoiding and resisting the temptations to 
excess in eating, drinking, and indulging the propensities, which so 
easily beset you. Occasional fasting, rather than feasting, should be 
practiced. [20.] 

(5.) Full. — You possess a fair share of the vital element, and partake 
of the characteristics noted in (6) and (7) in a proportionate degree. 
You need to increase rather than diminish this element. Every sort of 
dissipation should be avoided, and regular hours, with plenty of sleep, 
secured. [20.] 

(4.) Average. — Your vitality is sufficient to give the functions of 
body and brain a fair share of energy, and to sustain life and health 
if carefully husbanded ; but you should seek to increase it by a diet 
and habits promotive of alimentation and nutrition. Alternate exer- 
cise and rest ; sleep as much as nature seems to demand ; seek recrea- 
tion ; take life more easy ; eat plain but nutritious food ; enjoy all of 
life ; " laugh and grow fat." [20.] 

(3.) Weakly Developed. — Your constitution is deficient in the 
vital element, and you are languid and inefficient in consequence. You 



10 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

require much rest and sleep, and must be very careful not to overwork 
either body or mind [see previous section (4)], and assiduously make 
use of all available means to increase your vitality. [20.] 

(2.) Very Feebly Developed. — You have barely enough vitality 
to keep your bodily and mental functions in operation. You must 
make use of the very small stock you now possess, as capital to be 
used for the purpose of increasing it, as directed in previous sections. 
You must " stop the leaks," and give the reservoir time to fill up ; 
live on the interest, instead of consuming both interest and principal, 
and thus becoming so far impoverished that there shall be no hope of 
recovery. [20.] 

IV.— BREATHING POWER. 

(7.) Very Good. — Your respiratory organs are admirably developed, 
and their functions well-nigh perfectly performed. You breathe freely 
and deeply, moving the abdominal muscles as well as the lungs, and 
filling your chest at every inspiration. The effects of this functional 
power and activity may be observed in your warm hands and feet, 
elastic motions, and buoyant spirits. [25.] 

(6.) Good. — You have a well-developed chest and excellent breath- 
ing power, indicated as in (7), only in a slightly lower degree. [25.] 

(5.) Full. — You are above the average in breathing power generally, 
but if your habits be sedentary, you will need to resort to artificial 
means to expand the lungs and to keep up the circulation. [25.] 

(4.) Average. — Your breathing power is only medium, but you 
have a fair share of warmth, and can keep your feet and hands warm 
by proper exercise. You should take the measures recommended on 
p. 26 (foot note) for expanding the chest. [25.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You breathe too little to thoroughly vitalize the 
blood, seldom filling the lungs, moving the chest but little, and the 
abdominal muscles scarcely at all ; are liable to colds, which have a 
tendency to settle on the lungs ; have cold feet and hands and blue 
veins near the surface. You must cultivate breathing power, and ex- 
pand the chest. This can be done with great certainty, but you must 
begin carefully and avoid fatigue in your exercises. [25, 26 (note).] 

(2.) Weak. — You are very deficient in the development of the 
respiratory organs, liable to colds and coughs, and predisposed to 
consumption ; but while your lungs remain sound, you may hope to 
ward off disease and greatly improve your breathing power and 
general health by right living and the necessary physical culture. 
In addition to the chest-expanding exercise [26 (note)], you must live 
much in the open air ; keep your rooms well ventilated ; sit, stand, and 
walk erect, bathe the chest frequently with cold water, rubbing it 
briskly with the naked hands, to bring the blood to the surface. Go 
into the mountains, or take a sea voyage. [25.] 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 11 

V.— CIRCULATION. 

(7.) Very Good. — You have an excellent circulation ; a strong, 
steady pulse ; perspire freely ; and are able to withstand great cold and 
heat without discomfort. [26.] 

(6.) Good. — Your circulation is generally good, and your lower 
extremities seldom cold. You suffer little from clear cold weather and 
do not readily contract disease. [26.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a fair circulation, but need bodily exercise to 
keep the extremities warm in cold weather, and should promote this 
function by active employments or recreations. [26.] 

(4.) Average. — Your circulation is not remarkably good, and you 
sometimes feel chilly or have cold feet and hands. Promote the uni- 
form movement of the vital fluid by brisk exercise, especially in cold 
weather. [26.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your circulation is rather poor. You are very 
liable to cold feet and hands, headache, palpitation of the heart, and a 
dry skin ; can not withstand extremes of heat and cold, and need to 
exercise briskly and practice breathing fully and deeply, as recom- 
mended in previous section. [26 (note).] 

(2.) Weak. — You have a weak and very unequal circulation ; suffer 
greatly from changes of temperature ; are often chilly, even in warm 
weather ; are troubled with headache, pressure on the brain, and very 
cold extremities. The Turkish bath, if accessible, will benefit you ; 
also tepid foot-baths, brisk and hard rubbing of the hands and feet, 
walking, and the breathing exercise. Horse-back riding is one of the 
very best exercises to promote and equalize the circulation. Skating, 
rowing, climbing the hills, etc., are also useful, when taken with proper 
tare. [26 (note).] 

VI.— DIGESTION. 

(7.) Very Good. — Your digestion is almost perfect, and you can eat 
with impunity any sort of food suitable, under any circumstances, to 
be received into the human stomach. [26.] 

(6.) Good. — Your digestive power is strong and your relish for food 
excellent. Plain substantial aliment suits you best, and you are able to 
make whatever you take into your stomach contribute to the nourish- 
ment of the system. [26.] 

(5.) Full. — You have good digestion, but not so strong that it may 
not be easily injured by improper food and wrong habits of eating. 
You must avoid heavy meals and indigestible articles of diet. Reg- 
ulate the quantity of food taken by the judgment, rather than by the 
appetite. [26.] 

(4.) Average. — You have only a fair degree of digestive power, and 
must be careful not to impair it by overeating, by the use of condi* 
ments, stimulants, etc. [26.] ~* 



12 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

(3) and (2.) Moderate or Weak.— You are predisposed to dys- 
pepsia ; often have a poor appetite ; suffer from indigestion, and, 
as a result, are apt to be irritable, peevish, dispirited, and gloomy. 
The improvement of your digestive function should be your first 
object and study. Eat plain and easily digested but nutritious food; 
let the quantity be moderate ; masticate thoroughly ; talk, laugh, and 
enjoy at your meals, or at least try to be in a cheerful, thankful, happy 
mood ; avoid a hurried feeling or an anxious state of mind ; take 
plenty of exercise in the open air ; have your rooms well ventilated ; 
practice full, deep breathing and other chest-expanding exercises, as 
indirect but important helps to the stomach ; and observe strictly all 
the laws of health. Correct this dyspeptic tendency by recreation 
rather than by stimulation. [26.] 

VII.— THE MOTIVE TEMPEKAMENT. 

(7.) Very Strongly Developed. — The bony frame-work of your 
structure is strongly marked, and encased with only muscle enough to 
bind all firmly together; but what flesh you have is dense, tough, 
compact, and wiry. There is a tendency to angularity in your con- 
figuration. You love active, muscular work, and are endowed with 
great physical power and capacity for severe and prolonged exertion 
of both body and mind. In character you are energetic, efficient, de- 
termined, and persistent. You are adapted to active life, and to such 
enterprises as will give your energy, steadfastness, and perseverance 
full and free scope. See also (6.) [18.] 

(6.) Strong. — Your configuration and character are like those de- 
scribed in (7), in a somewhat lower degree. You have strong feelings 
and passions, but are also endowed with a powerful will and strong 
common sense with which to hold them in check. The restraining 
and regulating powers of the mind — Firmness, Self-Esteem, Conscien- 
tiousness, and Cautiousness — must be kept in constant activity to keep 
your strong propensities within their proper sphere, for when they are 
bad, persons of your constitution are often very bad. You are capable 
of great things, but need strong self-government and restraint. [18.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a good share of motive power, and are vigor- 
ous, determined, and efficient. You are not afraid of work, or, for that 
matter, of anything else. Your tastes and abilities fit you for active 
Mfe. See (6) and (7.) [18.] 

(4.) Average. — You are not deficient in motive power, but can not 
endure a long-continued strain upon either muscle or brain. You can 
work hard, but are not particularly fond of severe labor, preferring 
light or sedentary employments, and should cultivate muscular power 
and love of activity by such recreations and exercises as tend to de- 
velop bone and sinew. [18.] 

(3.) Moderately Developed. — You are deficient in the motive 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 13 

element of the constitution, lack strength for continuous exertion, and 
prefer sitting or lounging about to activity of any kind. Cultivate 
muscular power. [18.] 

(2.) YV r EAK. — You are poorly endowed with muscular force, and the 
propelling and governing powers connected with the motive tempera- 
ment. You must give much attention to the cultivation of the motive 
apparatus. Walking, running, rowing, swimming, skating, and gym- 
nastics are all good exercises, but must be adapted to your weak con- 
dition, and increased as you gain strength. Make yourself comfortably 
tired, but do not exhaust your small stock of energy and strength by 
too much exertion, [18.] 

VIII.— THE MENTAL TEMPERAMENT. 

(7.) Very Largely Developed. — You are delicate in structure, 
with small bones, a moderate development of muscle, finely cut fea- 
tures, and a high organic condition generally. Brain predominates 
over body, and your mental states have a powerful influence over your 
physical condition. You are refined in your tastes ; quick and delicate 
in your perceptions ; rapid in your mental operations ; emotional, sym- 
pathetic, aspiring, earnest, eager, and easily excited. You are admir- 
ably adapted, so far as constitutional qualities are concerned, to literary 
or artistic pursuits. If a mechanic, a manufacturer, or a merchant, one 
of the lighter and more elegant branches in these departments would 
suit you best. See next section (6). [21.] 

(6.) A Large Development. — You are characterized as set forth in 
(7), only in a lower degree ; are more inclined to mental than to 
animal enjoyments ; fond of literature and art ; ambitious, clear-headed, 
discriminating, quick-witted, intellectually efficient, rather brilliant, and 
calculated to lead in the higher walks of literature, art, or science, 
provided you have had the necessary mental culture. Stimulants of 
all kinds should be avoided, as well as too strong or long continued 
mental excitements. [21.] 

(5.) Fully Developed. — You are well endowed mentally, and cal- 
culated (with proper culture) to speak and write effectively, and to 
wield considerable influence in the realms of thought ; being less sensi- 
tive and delicately organized than those in whom there is a larger pro- 
portional development of this temperament, you are better fitted to 
come into contact with people of all classes, and to control them by 
means of your superior mental development, backed by the vigor im- 
parted by a larger measure of vital and motive power. [21.] 

(4.) Average. — You have a fair clegiee of mental activity, and, with 
the advantages of education, are capable of attaining a position in in- 
tellectual society ; but you are better adapted to manual labor, mechan- 
ism, or to business than to the learned professions, so-called. [21.] 

(3.) Moderately Developed. — You have no real love for literature 



14 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

or art, are not fond of study, and would be apt to fall asleep over a 
good book. You should cultivate a taste for reading. [21.] 

(2.) Poorly Developed. — You are dull in perception, and slow to 
comprehend even simple truths. Your judgment is poor, and you 

. need the direction of minds more highly endowed. You should get 

I sound advice, and follow it. [21.] 

IX.— ACTIVITY. 

(7.) Very Great. — You are very agile, lithe-limbed, and quick- 
motioned, and your mental operations are equally rapid and facile. 
You are always wide-awake, eager, knowing, and brilliant. You are 
liable to overwork yourself and become prematurely exhausted. [27.] 

(6.) Great. — Yours is a restless, active, lively organization. You 
speak rapidly, comprehend quickly, and decide at once on the course 
to be pursued, and are in danger of excessive action, and consequent 
early exhaustion of the vital powers. [27.] 

(5) and (4.) Full or Average. — You have a fair degree of activity, 
but are likely to be sufficiently deliberate to weigh the pros and cons 
before deciding how to act ; are not lazy, but prefer light work to 
heavy, and play to either. [27.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather slow and deliberate in your move- 
meots, are seldom or never in a hurry, and always take plenty of time 
to consider. Your mental operations are slow, and you are apt to see 
the point of a joke, if at all, after the laugh is over. Wake up! [27.] 

(2.) Small. — You are too slow to be of much service to yourself or 
anybody else — decidedly inert. Try to cultivate activity by pushing 
about. You should have some one " after you with a sharp stick." [27.] 

X.~ EXCITABILITY. 

(7.) Very Great. — You are remarkably impressible, very easily ex- 
cited, subject to extremes of feeling; greatly exalted at one moment 
and much depressed the next ; driven now this way and then that by 
| constantly changing impulses ; and very much disposed to exaggerate 
I everything, whether good or bad. Your need is to restrain this ex- 
citability, first, by avoiding all stimulating food and drink, and all un- 
natural or violent mental excitements; and, second, by cultivating a 
calm, quiet, enjoyable frame of mind. Repose is the proper antidote 
of too great activity. [27.] 

(6.) Great. — You are constituted as described in (7), only in a some- 
what lower degree — too susceptible to external influences for your own 
Welfare or that of your friends. [27.] 

(5.) Full. — You are sufficiently susceptible to exciting causes, but 
not readily carried away by any sudden impulse ; are self-possessed, 
and act coolly and with forethought. [27.] 

(4.) Average. — You are very cool, deliberate, and placid, and allow' 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. 15 

external influences to sway you but little ; act from judgment and not 
from impulse, and are very equable in disposition. [27.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather dull, and can with difficulty be 
aroused by external causes ; rather cold and passionless, and show 
little spirit in anything. You may with advantage put yourself in the 
way of social excitements, and profit by mixing much with wide- 
awake people. [27. ] 

(2.) Low. — Yours is a torpid sort of existence. You seem to be half 1 
asleep, and might almost as well be quite so. Try to arouse yourself 
and seek society and the excitements of busy, active life. [27.] 

XI.— SIZE OF BRAIN. 

(7.) Very Large. — If your organic quality be good and your ac- 
tivity sufficient, you should manifest extraordinary mental power ; and 
if there be also a proper balance between the various groups of facul- 
ties, you are capable of taking a place in the first ranks, among the in- 
tellectual giants of the age. Such a mind, backed up by adequate 
physical stamina, will overcome all obstacles, and achieve greatness in 
spite of all difficulties. You may not have had your full powers called 
out, but the capacity is here. [14] 

(6.) Large. — Yours is a mind of great reach and power, and you 
can, if you will, make yourself widely felt in society. You are capable 
of managing extensive enterprises, taking broad views of things, and 
of drawing correct conclusions from ascertained facts. If you are a 
scholar, you should be widely known and admired in the sphere of 
letters, and exert great influence wherever the supremacy of mind is 
acknowledged. Much, however, depends upon the tendencies im- 
pressed upon your character by the predominating group of organs, 
and your power may be a blessing or it may be a curse to yourself and 
to the world, according to the manner in which it is used. [14] 

(5.) Full. — With the proper physiological conditions [14, et seq.], you 
are capable of accomplishing much, and attaining a high position in 
the direction of the leading faculties, acquiring an excellent education, 
and manifesting talent of a high order, but have not that commanding 
and all-conquering genius which can bend everything to its will. [14.] 

(4) Average. — With activity largely developed, and good bodily 
conditions, you are capable of manifesting good talent, and of suc- 
ceeding well in a business for which you are specially fitted. Out of 
this sphere your abilities would be commonplace and your success 
small. You are quick of psreeption, but neither original nor pro- 
found. [14] 

(3.) Moderate. — You have sufficient brain, if conjoined with good 
organic quality and a fair share of activity, to give you a moderate 
degree of ability in practical matters, but little planning or directing 
talent You will do best when working under the direction of persona 



16 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

better endowed than yourself with mental power. Strive to improve 
your intellect by means of reading, study, and the conversation of 
intelligent persons. [14] 

(2.) Small. — You are weak in mind and need the guidance of other 
intellects in every undertaking ; are incapable of managing any 
business. [14] 



n. 

MENTAL FACULTIES. 



XII.— AMATIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You possess in a pre-eminent degree the desire to 
love and to be loved ; are irresistibly attracted by the opposite sex ; 
and are capable of exerting a similar power over them. You are 
winning in your manners ; very gentle and sympathetic, conforming 
to the tastes and wishes of the one beloved ; are devoted in your atten- 
tions ; yearn continually for the caresses and endearments of affection, 
and are made utterly miserable by coldness and indifference on the 
part of the beloved one. See (6.) [38.] With deficient coronal 
development, a low organic quality, or an inflamed state of the vital 
fluids, you would be very liable to the perversion of the procreative 
function, and to excesses ruinous to body and soul. If restraint be 
necessary, see I., 7. Restrain. [40.] 

(6.) Large. — You are as described in (7), but in a lower degree ; are 
very fond of personal beauty, and seek in the other sex good bodily 
development and a warm heart as well as intellectual capacity and 
moral worth. The love-element is a very influential one in your 
organization, and will affect powerfully, for good or for evil, your 
destiny in life, — for the fire that w r arms may also consume. Rightly 
controlled, and made subservient to moral principle, it will be a source 
of strength and happiness — a blessing to yourself and to others ; per- 
verted, it may lead to speedy and irretrievable ruin. Let your prayer 
be, " Lead us not into temptation !" If you are happily married, you 
are fortunate; if not, you should seek in matrimony, where alone it 
can be found, the satisfaction of your loving and yearning heart. 
Restrain. [40.] 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 17 

(5.) Full. — You love the opposite sex with much tenderness; are 
somewhat ardent, but can control your desires; are very attentive toward 
those you love, honoring the other sex in a high degree and giving 
your confidence and esteem with your love. You are well calculated 
to enjoy the marriage relation. [37, et seq.] 

(4.) Average. — You ma}^ be warm and loving at times, but, in 
general, manifest only a fair degree of attachment to the other sex ; can 
enjoy the marriage relation, but need to have your love called out and 
cherished by a loving companion ■ are likely to be refined and faithful 
in your affections and to honor as well as love your mate, if worthy 
and devoted to your happiness and welfare. [37, et seq.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather cold and indifferent toward the 
other sex, manifesting more friendship and respect than love ; 
but esteem and friendship may lead to warmer feelings toward a 
truly congenial companion ; so that w 7 hile you might not find it dis- 
agreeable to live unmarried, you are capable, under favorable circum- 
stances, of being happier in the conjugal relation. With large Ideality, 
you would manifest more admiration than affection for the opposite 
sex. Cultivate. [39.] 

(2.) Small. — You are very indifferent tow r ard the other sex, and have 
neither the desire nor the ability to win their love. Cultivate. [39.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost entirely destitute of the love- 
element. Cultivate. [39.] 

XIII.— CONJUGALITY. 

(7.) Yesy Large. — All your love must, as a necessity of youi* 
nature, be concentrated upon one person of the opposite sex, who will 
be to you the embodiment of all that is good and lovely, and whose 
faults you will be ever ready to conceal or overlook ; and you will 
require the same exclusive attachment in the chosen one. If fully 
satisfied in this respect, you will enjoy the marriage relation very 
highly. If still heart-free, you should be very careful to bestow your 
affections where they will be fully reciprocated, for any failure in this 
respect would be likely to affect very seriously your destiny in life. 
Restrain. [41.] 

(6.) Large. — You will require and seek but one intimate personal 
companion or mate, and are liable to be made very miserable by dis- 
appointment in love. Where you truly love you must possess, and you 
should know no such word as " fail " in your " affairs of the heart." 
Being well mated, you will find your highest happiness in the society 
of the one you have chosen, all of whose virtues and attractions you 
will fully appreciate. You will tolerate almost anything in him or her 
except infidelity to the marriage relation. Restrain. [41.] 

(5.) Full. — You can love cordially and faithfully any person of the 
other sex upon whom your affections may be placed ; but, if love be 



18 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

interrupted, can change and become equally absorbed in a new lova 
You would not die of a broken heart were the beloved object removed 
by death or otherwise placed beyond your reach. [40, et seq.] 

(4.) Average. — You are inclined to a single love and to union for 
life to a, chosen one; but can readily change the object of your affec- 
tions, and, with Adhesiveness small and Conscientiousness moderate, 
may be coquettish. Cultivate. [41.] 

(3.) Average. — You are not particularly inclined to fickleness in 
love, and are disposed, under favorable circumstances, to union for life, 
but are liable to be led astray by new faces and to allow an old love to 
be supplanted by new ones. Cultivate. [41.] 

(2.) Small. — You are inclined to the promiscuous society of the other 
sex and have little respect for the conjugal relation. Cultivate. [41.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You manifest none of this faculty and experi- 
ence little of the feeling it imparts. Cultivate. [41.] 

XIY.— PARENTAL LOVE. 

(7.) Very Large. — Your love for children and pets is intense, and 
as a parent you would idolize your offspring and probably spoil them 
by pampering and hurtful indulgence, or by allowing them to rule 
instead of yielding obedience. If you have children, you suffer con- 
tinual anxiety on their account, especially when absent from them, 
and the death of one of them would be a blow almost too great to 
bear. Restrain. [44.] 

(6.) Large. — As a parent, you would be tender and indulgent, per- 
haps, to a fault, unless restrained by high moral considerations, and 
are too apt to overlook the faults and imperfections of your young 
favorites, whether your own children or those of your friends. You 
are passionately fond of the society of the young, who are equally fond 
of you, and you will have groups of children clustering around you 
whenever you go among them. You must keep this facult} r strictly 
under the control of moral principle, or it will lead to harm rather 
than good to the little ones you love so well. Restrain. [44] 

(5.) Full. — You are capable of loving your own children well, and 
will do and sacrifice much for them, but will not be over-indulgent, 
and w T ill feel no very strong attraction toward children generally, or 
toward animal pets. Cultivate. [43.] 

(4.) Average. — You will love your own children, but will care 
little for those of others. If Benevolence be large, you will be tender 
toward the helpless infant, but will like children better as they grow 
older. Cultivate. [43.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather indifferent even toward your own 
children, if you have any, and cold toward all others ; can bear little 
from them, and are not calculated to win their affections* You care 
nothing for pets. Cultivate. [43.] 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 19 

(2.) Small. — You are inclined to be cold and indifferent toward your 
own children, and to manifest a positive dislike for all others. You 
need to bring your Benevolence, Adhesiveness, and Conscientiousness 
to bear in your dealings with them as well as to assiduously cultivate 
Parental Love. [43.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You will manifest little or no love for children, 
but will be guided in your treatment of them by other faculties. 
Cultivate. [43.1 

XV.— FRIENDSHIP. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are exceedingly warm-hearted, affectionate, 
and devoted ; are ready to make any sacrifice for your friends ; are 
blind to their defects and faults, and too much wrapped up in them 
for your own welfare or peace of mind. You should remember that 
even in friendship there may be an abnormal or perverted action — a 
mania, as it were — and keep your heart free from idolatry. Even your 
friends are human and have their weaknesses. Restrain. [46.] 

(6.) Large. — You are very social, warm-hearted, and affectionate, 
enjoy the society of your friends in a high degree ; cling to those you 
love through all changes of time and circumstance. Once a friend, 
you are one forever — in adversity as in prosperity — to aid, encourage, 
sympathize with, and console while living and to mourn when de- 
parted. You must be very careful in the choice of your friends, for 
you are liable to suffer much from the unworthiness and ingratitude 
of those to whom you may become attached. You are hospitable, and 
delight to entertain your friends at the social board ; are very popular 
among those who know you; are generally beloved, and have few 
enemies. Restrain. [46.] 

(5.) Full. — You are friendly and companionable with those whom 
you deem worthy, but are not disposed to sacrifice too much in their 
behalf; are hospitable ; cordial in your intercourse with those around 
you, and disposed to make friends; but your attachments are not 
always lasting, and you do not bind others to you by very strong bonds 
of affection ; neither are you likely to make many enemies. [44.] 

(4.) Average. — You can make friends, and are capable of consider- 
able affection for them under favorable circumstances, but will not be 
likely to mourn greatly over their absence. With large Acquisitive- 
ness, you will be apt to place business before friends, and make use of 
them to promote your interests, rather than to sacrifice your interests 
in their behalf. Cultivate. [46.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You form but few attachments, and manifest but a 
moderate degree of affection for any one. If you make friends, it is 
more likely to be through some other good qualities you may possess 
than through your social nature ; and while you ma} r be greatly re- 
spected and esteemed, you are not likely to be so generally loved. 
Cultivate. [46.] 



50 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

(2.) Small. — You do not like society, and are cold and indifferent 
toward those around you ; have neither the desire nor the ability to 
make friends, and possess little faith in friendship. Cultivate. [46.] 

(1.) Yery Small. — You seem to be utterly incapable of feeling 
friendship, or awakening it in others. Cultivate. [46.] 

XYL— INHABITIYENESS. 

(7.) Yery Large. — Your love of home and country is very strong 
indeed, and you are liable to the most terrible feeling of homesickness 
when absent from them. You prefer poverty and the humblest posi- 
tion in life at home to wealth and station abroad, and w T ould willingly 
die for " the old flag," wmich is to you the symbol of all that is dearest 
on earth. Restrain. [47.] 

(6.) Large. — You are very strongly attached to home ; love your 
native land w r ith a pure devotion ; leave your place of abode with great 
reluctance, and are homesick and miserable if compelled to reman? 
long awa} r from it. You would not like the life of a Methodist itiner- 
ant, who changes his house so often. You become strongly attached 
to any place where you may reside ; desire above almost everything 
else a home of your own, and when you have one, can scarcely be per- 
suaded to leave it for a day. To you, 

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home I 
Restrain. [47.] 

(5.) Full — You manifest considerable attachment to home and 
country ; prefer to live in one place, and surround yourself with the 
comforts of domestic life; feel some regret in leaving the place of 
your birth, or of long residence, but can easily change if circumstances 
require it ; and are not likely to get homesick even if compelled to re- 
main absent for a long time. [46.] 

(4.) Average. — You have some love for home, but can change your 
place of abode without much regret, and are not inclined to expend 
much time or money in improvements, or in surrounding yourself with 
home comforts. You are never homesick, and if Locality be full or 
large, are fond of traveling. Cultivate. [47.] 

(3) or (2.) Moderate or Small. — You care little for home or 
country; are cosmopolitan in your tastes, and indifferent about places. 
You like to travel, and, with Continuity small, enjoy constant change 
of scene. Cultivate. [47.] 

(1.) Yery Small. — You have no local attachments ; can " pull up 
stakes " and pack off on short notice. You rather prefer to live the 
life of a vagabond. Cultivate. [47.] 

XYIL— CONTINUITY. 

(7.) Yery Large. — You have great application, and can attend to 
but one thing at a time, and must stick to anything you have com- 



Mental faculties. si 

menced till you finish it ; are apt to be tedious and prolix, and to ex- 
haust the patience of your hearers or readers, as well as the subject of 
discourse. All sudden changes are distasteful to you, and there is a 
tendency to a monotonous sameness in everything } r ou do. Restrain. 
[49.] 

(6.) Large. — You have great capacity for following out a train of 
thought and concentrating all your faculties upon one subject, and are 
noted for thoroughness in your studies, or in working out the details of 
any plan you have to execute. When you have commenced any piece 
of work, you wish to finish it before commencing anything else, and 
are annoyed by interruption or change of programme. In talking or 
writing you are liable, unless you take pains to guard yourself against 
it, to become prolix and tedious ; tell long stories ; are sometimes 
absent-minded ; very persistent and steady in any course of action de- 
termined upon, and have no patience with fickleness or sudden changes 
of plan. Restrain. [49.] 

(5.) Full. — You like to carry out to completion anything }^ou have 
commenced, but are not greatty annoyed by interruption, and can lay 
down one thing and take up another without-much disadvantage. Are 
tolerably thorough and patient ; can concentrate your thoughts when 
occasion requires it, and follow out a subject in all its details, but are 
not inclined to be tedious or " long-winded." [47.] 

(4.) Average. — You can concentrate your thoughts upon one thing, 
and dwell upon it till fully elaborated, or you can readily divert your 
attention to other matters ; prefer to do one thing at a time, but can 
have several irons in the fire at once, and attend to them all ; are capa- 
ble of consecutive thinking, but never tedious, and generally talk or 
write to the point. [47.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You love variety ; change readily from one thing 
to another; commence many things that yon never finish; think 
clearly, perhaps, but not always consecutively ; lack connectedness 
and application, and should aim at more fixedness of mind and steadi- 
ness of character. Cultivate. [48.] 

(2.) Small. — You are inclined to be very rambling and incoherent ; 
very ready to begin, but having too little perseverance to finish ; fly 
rapidly from one thing to another, and no one ever knows where to find 
you, or in what mood to receive you. You talk about several things 
at once, and the listener is seldom much wiser for the information you 
seek to impart. You should have bee'n a butterfly. Cultivate. [48.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are made up of change and restlessness, and 
are never the same two minutes at a time. Cultivate. [48.] 

XYIIL— VITATIVEKESS. 

(7) Very Large. — You have an astonishingly tenacious hold upon 
life ; resist disease with the utmost determination, and will die at last 



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S2 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

only after a protracted struggle. Your dread of the final change to 
which all mortals are subject is too great, and you should learn to look 
at it through the medium of religious faith rather than that of animal 
instinct. Restrain. [50.] 

(6.) Large. — You cling to life with great tenacity, and shrink from 
death as if it were annihilation. Your power to resist disease is such 
that you will " never say die," and will recover under circumstances 
which would preclude hope in the case of any one less largely en- 
dowed with Vitativeness. You will not be likely to " die before your 
time," unless by accident ; but should learn to fear death less, through 
faith in the life to come. Restrain. [50.] 

(5.) Full. — You love life, and are disposed to cling to it with te- 
nacity ; can resist disease with considerable power ; but have no great 
dread of death, especially if Hope and Spirituality be full or large, and \ 
if your Christian philosophy be correct on this subject. [49.] 

(4.) Average. — Your love of life is fair, and you are not disposed to 
yield unresistingly to the encroachments of disease, but have less 
power to resist sickness and death than one more largely developed in 
the region of Vitativeness. Cultivate. [50.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your hold of life is not very strong; you care 
comparatively little for existence, for its own sake, but like to live on 
account of family- or friends, or with a view to do good in the world, 
and will yield without any great or prolonged resistance to the attacks 
of disease. Cultivate. [50.] 

(2.) Small. — You have little dread of death ; no great power to re- 
sist disease, and care to live rather for the sake of others than from any 
love of life for its own sake. You would be likely to soon sink under 
the attacks of any serious disease. Cultivate. [50.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have little if any desire to live merely for the 
sake of life itself, but value existence only as an opportunity to gratify 
the other faculties. You should try to appreciate more fully the value 
of life and health, and your duty in regard to their preservation and 
enjojmient. Cultivate. [50.] 

XIX.— COMBATIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are remarkably energetic, determined, and 
courageous ; ready to grapple with anything, fight against any odds, 
or to face danger or death in any form,- let no difficulties discourage 
or baffle you ; love hazardous enterprises ; prefer a rough, daring life ; 
and, if Cautiousness be only moderate, have more valor than discre- 
tion. With a lack of moral restraint, or intemperate habits and low as- 
sociates, you would be quarrelsome, desperate, and dangerous. Re- 
strain. [53.] 

(6.) Large. — You are resolute, brave, determined ; fond of argu- 
ment ; with large Approbativeness, quick to resent an insult ; always 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 23 

ready to resist any encroachment upon your rights; high-tempered; 
fond of opposition ; energetic in carrying out your plans ; delight in 
opposing obstacles ; are spirited and cool in times of danger ; never 
lose your presence of mind ; and if unfavorably organized in other re- 
spects, or with bad habits and coarse and low-bred companions, may be 
pugnacious and quarrelsome. Under the control of the intellect and 
the moral sentiments, your energy and propelling power may be turned 
to good account, and made a blessing to yourself and the world. Re- 
strain. [53.] 

(5.) Full. — You manifest a disposition similar to that described in 
(6), in a somewhat lower degree ; do not lack courage, energy, or relish 
for argument, but are not naturally contentious or quarrelsome. You 
may consider yourself happily endowed in respect to this element of 
character. [50.] 

(4.) Average. — Your manifestation of courage and energy will de- 
pend in a measure upon circumstances. You can be aroused to the 
manifestation of a good degree of combative spirit, and with large 
Conscientiousness, Firmness, Self-Esteem, and Approbativeness to 
back up Combativeness, may stand your ground resolutely and strike 
boldly in a good cause ; but with these organs moderate or small, and 
Cautiousness large, would be at times irresolute, or even cowardly. 
Cultivate. [53.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather inefficient and too little disposed to 
assert and maintain your rights ; give way too readily to opposition ; 
avoid argument and contention and show little resentment ; shrink too 
much from rough and disagreeable contacts ; and will surrender much 
for the sake of peace. Cultivate. [53.] 

(2.) Small. — You lack self-defense ; are too gentle ; can not say 
" no ;" and are deficient in energy and spirit. Cultivate. [50.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost destitute of courage and energy. 
Cultivate. [53.] 

XX— DESTRUCTIVENESS* 

(7.) Very Large. — You are very executive, can do two days' work 
in one, and are exceedingly resolute ; if perverted, you are prone to 
anger, and when greatly provoked may give way to ungovernable 
rage; and become stern, harsh, and violent; feel and manifest the 
most terrible indignation ; take pleasure in destroying and exterminat- 
ing whatever seems to be inimical to your wishes or stands in the way 
of your plans ; have extraordinary executive ability ; will bear down 
all opposition ; can endure pain heroically, or, if need be, inflict it upon 
others without compunction if not with positive pleasure. Your 
powerful executiveness must be kept strictly under the control of 

* We prefer the term Executiveness to that of Destructiveness. 



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24 DELINEATION OF CHAEACTER. 

reason and moral principle, or it may at times manifest itself in acts 
of violence, cruelty, and revenge. Restrain. [57.] 

(6.) Large. — When angry you are inclined to be very bitter, severe, 
and cutting, and to use the most forcible language to express your 
indignation ; are apt to be unsparing and, with small Benevolence, 
merciless ; manifest great energy and executive power ; take pleasure 
in breaking, pulling down, uprooting, and destroying ; could assist in 
cutting off an arm or a leg without faltering, or submit one of your own 
limbs unflinchingly to the surgeon, if necessary; are not averse to 
killing animals ; are fond of flesh meat ; and probably like your steaks 
" rare." You need the restraining influences of large Benevolence, 
Conscientiousness, and Cautiousness to keep your anger and your 
disposition to punish and destroy within proper bounds. Restrain. 
[57.] 

(5.) Full. — You can be forcible, determined, and indignant when 
aroused, but are not disposed to be vindictive, cruel, or unforgiving. 
Your anger is more likely to expend itself in sarcasm and bitter 
invectives than in acts of violence, but you may resort to force if too 
much provoked ; will manifest a good degree of fortitude and energy 
in business ; and can endure or inflict pain if necessary, but rather 
shrink from it. [54.] 

(4.) Average. — Your manifestations are similar to those described 
in (5), only in a lower degree. Cultivate. [56.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are not very forcible, executive, or severe ; 
your anger is not deep and you threaten more than you execute ; you 
shrink from pain and inflict it upon others very reluctantly ; are likely 
to be more beloved than feared. Cultivate. [56.] 

(2.) Small. — You are too tender-hearted ; very deficient in energy ; 
can neither bear suffering with fortitude nor inflict even necessary 
pain without great compunction. Cultivate. [56.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost destitute of this faculty. Cul- 
tivate. [56.] 

XXI.— ALIMENTIYENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You enjoy your food very greatly ; are inclined 
to epicurean habits ; find it difficult to control your appetite ; live to 
eat rather than eat to live ; are in danger of eating more than nature 
requires, and of ruining your digestive powers by gormandizing. 
Restrain. [58.] 

(6.) Large.— Your appetite is generally excellent; you fully appre- 
ciate the good things of the table ; are in danger of over-eating rather 
than eating too little ; give your meals a too important place in your 
thoughts and in your arrangements ; and should guard yourself 
against excesses. Restrain. [58.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a good appetite when in health, and eat 



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heartily of whatever is set before you; enjoy the pleasures of the table, 
but do not set a too high value upon them ; and you can control your 
love for food and drink, making them subservient to their higher pur- 
poses. [58.] 

(4.) Average. — You enjoy your food well, but can easily control ap- 
petite, and are seldom disposed to over-eat. [58.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are inclined to be dainty ; have no very great 
love for the luxuries of the table, but are particular in regard to the 
quality and preparation of your food. You eat to live, and not for the 
pleasure of eating. [58.] 

(2.) Small. — You have no great relish for food, and care little what 
you eat, provided it will sustain life. Cultivate. [58.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have little or no appetite. Cultivate. [58.] 

XXII.— BIBATIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are exceedingly fond of water ; love bath- 
ing, swimming, sailing, etc. ; and with a perverted appetite might 
easily contract the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors to excess, 
this being the form in which a perversion of this facult} r is apt to mani- 
fest itself. You should beware of the " social glass." Restrain. [59.] 

(6.) Large. — You are often thirsty, and experience great pleasure in 
drinking ; also enjoy washing, bathing, swimming, etc. [59.] 

(5.) Full. — You enjoy water both internally and externally in a 
fair degree. [59.] 

(4) and (3.) Average or Moderate. — You are not fond of water ; 
are rather averse to bathing ; dislike swimming, sailing, etc., and shrink 
from a sea voyage as something fearful. Cultivate. [59.] 

(2.) Small — You care little for liquids in any form; prefer solid 
food ; do not like to bathe ; and avoid going into or upon the water if 
possible. Cultivate. [59.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have an instinctive aversion to water. Cul- 
tivate. [59.] 

XXIII.— ACQUISITIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — Your desire for accumulation is excessive ; you 
love money with a devotion approaching to idolatry ; are close-fisted ; 
make hard bargains ; are meanly economical ; place the possession of 
property above everything else ; are penurious, avaricious, and miserly, 
and can be restrained from taking dishonest advantages to secure the 
coveted gain only by a good development of Conscientiousness ; with 
this you will be honest, but close and exacting. Restrain. [62.] 

(6.) Large. — You have the disposition and ability to turn everything 
to a good account ; are industrious, economical, and close ; buy cheaply 
and sell at the highest price ; have great love for wealth, and a strong 
tendency to accumulate, but, with large Benevolence, spend freely 



26 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

where yuur sympathies may be enlisted. You are liable, unless you 
hold this strong propensity in check, to become penurious and miserly 
as you grow older. Conscientiousness, Benevolence, and Adhesiveness 
should be constantly called into action with Acquisitiveness, so that 
everything shall be honestly got and liberally expended, for the benefit 
of the world in general and of your friends and neighbors in par- 
ticular. Restrain. [62.] 

(5.) Full. — You are industrious in acquiring ; take good care of what 
you get ; value property for its uses ; are saving, but not avaricious or 
close ; ready to help your friends, but not willing to impoverish your- 
self, and are not likely to spend quite so fast as you earn. [59.] 

(4.) Average. — You have a fair appreciation of the value of prop- 
erty, and considerable desire to accumulate, but will be governed in 
your expenditures by other faculties, and may keep yourself poor by 
living up to the limits of your income. Cautiousness should be called 
to the aid of Acquisitiveness, so that provision be made for the future. 
Cultivate. [61.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You may seek property with considerable zeal and 
interest, but will value it merely as a means, not as an end ; will be 
economical when your necessities require it, but are apt to disregard 
small expenses, and are very likely to spend about as fast as you earn. 
Your money-making talent is but moderate, and you have no love for 
" buying, selling, and getting gain" for its own sake. Cultivate. [61.] 

(2.) Small. — You hold your money too loosely ; have more talent 
for spending than for getting ; are liable to contract habits of extrava- 
gance, and to live beyond your means. Cultivate. [61.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are wasteful, extravagant, and idle, and will 
probably always be poor. Cultivate. [61.] 

XXIV.— SECRETIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — Your ability to restrain your feelings, to evade 
scrutiny, and to conceal your plans and intentions is very great. You 
are reserved, politic, guarded, shrewd, enigmatical, and mysterious ; so 
much so, perhaps, that your most intimate friends are never sure that 
they really understand or know you. With small Conscientiousness 
you would be tricky, deceptive, double-dealing, and untrustworthy, 
and might, with large Acquisitiveness and small Cautiousness, both 
cheat and falsify. Restrain. [64.] 

(6.) Large. — You are reserved in the expression of your sentiments ; 
keep your plans and designs to yourself; are very discreet; delight in 
concealment ; are fond of surprising your friends ; incline to practice 
strategy; prefer indirect approaches to a straightforward course ; and, 
even when your purposes are entirely honest and commendable, may 
often resort to cunning devices to accomplish them. Your character 
and intentions are too carefully covered up, and you subject yourself 



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to suspicion where there is no better ground for it than the uncertainty 
by which you delight to surround yourself and your affairs. With 
Acquisitiveness large, you will get, and try to keep, all the property 
you can. Restrain. [64.] 

(5.) Full. — You can keep a secret ; have a good degree of self-gov« 
eminent ; can conceal your emotions if necessary ; keep your plans 
well hidden ; and are discreet, but not disposed to be cunning, sly, or 
hypocritical. [62.] 

(4.) Average. — You have no great degree of reserve ; are inclined 
to be outspoken and frank, but can keep your own counsel and re- 
strain the manifestation of your feelings, except under violent excite- 
ment, when you are liable to give your emotions or opinions full 
expression. [62.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are inclined to pursue an open and direct 
course ; to express your sentiments fully on proper occasions ; possess 
little reserve, and are liable, in unguarded moments, to imprudence in 
speech if not in conduct. You are sincere and frank, and generally 
express your thoughts and emotions in a clear, unequivocal manner. 
Your friends know just what you are, see both your virtues and your 
faults, and will find you neither better nor worse than you seem. [62.] 

(2.) Small. — You are open, spontaneous, and transparent; have 
little power or disposition to conceal your feelings, and generally speak 
out exactly what you think. Policy, cunning, evasion, equivocation, 
stratagem, and indirection have no place in your nature ; but you are 
open and above-board in everything. You have hardly enough policy, 
restraint, or self-government for your own good. Cultivate. [64.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You disclose everything; can not keep a 
secret ; and tell all you know, if not more. Cultivate. [64.] 

XXV. CAUTIOUSNESS, 

(7.) Very Large. — You are too cautious, watchful, anxious, and 
easily worried ; are in perpetual fear of evils and accidents ; dare not 
advance lest you should go wrong ; are timid, afraid to take responsi- 
bilities or to run risks ; procrastinating, cowardly, and easily thrown 
into a panic. You are made miserable by groundless fears, and should 
try to make use of your reason in combating them. Restrain. [67.] 

(6.) Large. — You are careful, prudent, watchful, anxious, and apt to 
procrastinate ; are slow in coming to a decision ; try to be always on 
the safe side ; are judicious in making plans, but apt to be more slow 
and cautious in carrying them out than is consistent with the highest 
success, and lose many a good opportunity through fear to take a little 
risk. You are apt to be over-solicitous about the health or welfare of 
children or friends, and to give yourself unnecessary pain in view of 
evils which may never come. Restrain. [67.] 

(5.) Full. — You are generally careful, prudent, and deliberate ; are 



28 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

not inclined to procrastinate, but take proper time to consider; are 
watchful rather than suspicious ; are judiciously cautious, but not 
timid. Under excitement you might act rashly; but are generally safe, 
and work with well-laid plans. [65.] 

(4.) Average. — You are capable of being prudent and careful, but 
with an excitable temperament may be rash and unreliable, acting 
rather from impulse than from judgment; are inclined to act rather 
hastily, and may sometimes get into trouble by a lack of due delibera- 
tion. Cultivate. [66.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather careless and imprudent ; liable to 
suffer from want of forethought ; meet with many accidents ; take too 
many risks ; undertake enterprises without counting the cost ; are 
afraid of nothing ; and are apt to " get into hot water." Cultivate. [66.] 

(2.) Small. — You do not know what fear is; are rash, reckless, 
and liable to rush headlong into difficulties. Cultivate. [66.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are as described in (2), only in a lower 
degree. Have no prudence. Cultivate. [66.] 

XXVI.— APPROBATIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are exceedingly sensitive to praise or 
blame ; care too much for public opinion ; are mortified by censure 
and greatly elated by words of commendation ; are ambitious of 
notoriety, distinction, or respectability ; and are liable, if this faculty 
be not kept under good control, to be ostentatious and vain. You are 
obsequious where courtesy only is required. Restrain. [69.] 

(6.) Large. — You are fond of praise and easily wounded by a word 
of censure or criticism ; are too anxious to please others, too ambitious 
to shine, and too much alive to the smiles or frowns of the public for 
your own peace of mind. You are polite and courteous in the extreme, 
and unless Conscientiousness be large may sometimes be false to truth 
and duty for the sake of being agreeable, or be guided too much iii 
What you say and do by the consideration of what others may think or 
say of you. Self-Esteem and Conscientiousness should be exercised 
against your too great susceptibility to the influence of public opinion. 
No matter what " Mrs. Grundy " may sa}^. Restrain. [69.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a good degree of respect for the opinions of 
others; value praise, but will not sacrifice self-respect or principle to 
gain it; can endure censure when administered in a proper spirit; like 
to appear well, but are not over-anxious about appearances; with large 
Cautiousness value character highly ; are courteous but not obsequi- 
ous ; and have a fine degree of ambition. [67.] 

(4.) Average. — You are not insensible to praise or blame, but are 
rather independent and careless of public opinion ; you appreciate the 
commendation of your fellow-men, but are not much elated by praise 
or deeply wounded by censure. You are not given to flattery or 



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insincere compliments ; and are hardly enough disposed to practice the 
graces of courtesy or to assume a winning address. Cultivate. [69.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You have but little regard for popularity ; are not 
very complaisant, and despise flattery and idle compliments. Censure 
does not disturb you, and you care little for praise. Cultivate. [69.] 

(2.) Small. — You care little what others think or say of you ; have 
no respect for etiquette, style, or fashion ; are brusque and unpleasing 
in manners; and too independent to be popular or beloved; put too 
low an estimate on public opinion. Cultivate. [69.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are indifferent alike to praise and censure, 
and care nothing for reputation. Cultivate. [69.] 

XXVII.— SELF-ESTEEM. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are very dignified, haughty, imperious, 
domineering, proud, high-headed, and stiff-necked; place self above 
everything else ; are ambitious and aspiring in the highest degree ; and 
unless restrained by other strong faculties are liable to be self-conceited, 
supercilious, and repulsively pompous and overbearing. Veneration 
should be made, as far as possible, to off-set your self-sufficiency. 
Too much dignity is a defect and offensive ? Restrain. [72 ] 

(6.) Large. — You think quite highly enough of your own abilities ; 
are very self-reliant ; are proud and dignified ; seldom ask advice, and 
never follow it when given ; will not stoop even to conquer ; aim 
high ; are not satisfied with moderate success or with a small business ; 
desire to surpass all others — to stand at the head of your class or pro- 
fession ; and with Hope full or large, " know no such word as fail." 
With large moral organs, you will command universal respect ; but if 
governed by the propensities, will be egotistical, haughty, domineering, 
and rather feared and hated than esteemed. Restrain. [72.] 

(5.) Full. — You evince a good degree of self-respect, dignity, and 
aspiration, but are not proud, overbearing, or greedy of power ; are 
disposed to listen to advice though you may seldom follow it ; and 
prefer the place of a leader to that of a follower. Respecting yourself, 
you will secure the respect of your fellow-men. [69.] 

(4.) Average. — Your manifestation of this faculty will depend 
mainly upon its combination with those that are larger, but you are in- 
clined, in the main, to place about a fair estimate upon yourself and to 
act with a becoming degree of ambition, dignity, and self-reliance. 
Cultivate. [71.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather humble than proud; underrate 
your own abilities and worth ; lack dignity and self-assertion ; allow 
your inferiors to take leading positions which of right belong to your- 
self; are apt to put yourself upon an equality with the unworthy, and 
to do trifling or mean things of which you are afterward ashamed ; 



30 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

lack dignity ; and are too familiar with inferiors to be respected even 
by them. Cultivate. [71.] 

(2.) Small. — You lack self-appreciation, dignity, and independence ; 
are too humble ; easily discouraged ; have too poor an opinion of 
yourself to command the respect of the world. Cultivate. [71.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You seem to be nearly destitute of this faculty. 
Cultivate. [71.] 

XXVIIL— FIRMNESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You can not be driven, and are not easily per- 
suaded ; are sometimes disposed to be obstinate ; have an unshaken 
stability of purpose ; are very persevering, tenacious, and averse to 
change ; and sometimes defeat your own purposes by too great self- 
will. One often gains a great deal by yielding a little. Try to be 
more pliant. Restrain. [74.] 

(6.) Large. — With moral principles, you would be steadfast and reli- 
able ; can not be driven ; are not easily convinced that you are wrong ; 
generally carry your point by persistent effort ; are very determined 
and positive; set in your way; sometimes willful, if not obstinate. 
With large Causality you may yield to reason, or with large Adhe- 
siveness be persuaded by friends ; but with Combativeness and Firm- 
ness well developed, adhere tenaciously to preconceived opinions, right 
or wrong, and never change a plan once adopted. Restrain. [74.] 

(5.) Full. — You manifest a good degree of stability, determination, 
and perseverance, but are not set in your way or obstinate, and can 
change your opinions or purposes when they are shown to be erroneous 
or impracticable. Under the influence of large Cautiousness, you may 
evince irresolution and procrastination ; but with Conscientiousness 
well developed, can not be turned from what you think truth and right 
require of you. You are more easily persuaded than driven. Cul- 
tivate. [74.] 

(4.) Average. — You have hardly enough stability and fixedness of 
purpose, and unless this faculty be supported by full or large Com- 
bativeness, Conscientiousness, or Causality, will be too easily influenced 
by those around you, and too ready to abandon your positions if 
attacked. Cultivate. [74.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are too much inclined to change ; too easily 
persuaded ; lack steadfastness ; are prone to say " 1 can't ;" are often 
irresolute, and inclined to go with the current. Cultivate. [74.] 

(2.) Small. — You are unstable and wavering ; fitful, impulsive, and 
fickle ; have no will of your own, and are liable to be constantly the 
victim of circumstances. Cultivate. [74.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are a perfect weather vane, changing with 
the slightest variation of surrounding circumstances. Try to hold 
yourself at a point. Cultivate. [74.] 



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XXIX.— CONSCIENTIOUSNESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are governed by moral principle ; are 
scrupulously exact in matters of right ; perfectly honest ; very ready 
to accuse yourself and to repent of any wrong ; are inclined to be 
censorious ; make too little allowance for the weakness and imperfec- 
tion of human nature ; are exacting of friends ; set up a very high 
standard of morality, and are tormented by remorse if you go astray 
from the narrow path you have prescribed for yourself. You are 
liable, unless the faculty be controlled, to become morbidly sensitive 
in matters of conscience. Restrain. [76.] 

(6.) Large. — You are disposed to be strictly honest and upright in. 
all your dealings ; hate whatever is unjust or contrary to your ideas of 
right ; feel very guilty when conscious of having done wrong ; are 
very severe in your reproofs of wrong-doing, but will forgive those 
who show repentance. You always consult duty before expediency ; 
seek to know what is right, and then pursue it with singleness of heart ; 
but with a false education may do conscientiously, and in the belief that 
it is right, what is really wrong ; or with strong propensities may be 
led astray, but will quickly repent and seek to reform. You are per- 
haps inclined to be over-penitent and self-accusing as well as too 
exacting and censorious in regard to others. Restrain. [76.] 

(5.) Full. — You have strong feelings of justice and are honest and 
upright in all your intentions, but may yield to the influence of stronger 
faculties against your conscientious scruples. You give expediency 
some weight, but are never wholly satisfied with yourself unless walk- 
ing in the path of rectitude. Duty is generally uppermost in your 
mind, but is not always the governing motive in your conduct. You 
do not always resist temptation, and often sin, but as often repent with, 
sorrow and regret. Cultivate. [76.] 

(4.) Average. — You are inclined to do what is right and to be 
guided by moral principle, but have not always the strength to resist 
the temptations held out by stronger faculties, and when you do 
wrong are inclined to justify yourself. You are too often governed in 
your conduct by expediency rather than by considerations of duty or 
moral right. With large propensities and moderate Self-Esteem r 
Veneration, and Spirituality, you may manifest much selfishness and 
but a weak sense of duty, honor, or honesty ; but with these conditions 
reversed will be honorable and trustworthy under ordinary tempta- 
tions. Cultivate. [76.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your ideas of right and wrong are rather feeble, 
and you are inclined to allow interest rather than duty to rule ; but 
may be restrained by Approbativeness or Cautiousness from dishonest 
or dishonorable actions. Cultivate. [76.] 

(2.) Small. — You have few scruples of conscience, and do right as a 
matter of expediency or through fear of the consequences of an 



32 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

opposite course, rather than from moral principle ; are governed by- 
expediency. Cultivate. [76.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost entirely destitute of moral 
principle. Cultivate, [76.] 

XXX.— HOPE. 

(7.) Very Large. — Your expectations are almost unbounded. 
Everything desirable seems attainable; you build castles in the air; 
have many ships at sea, all of which you think sure to come in loaded 
with treasures ; and, living in the future, which is always bright, you 
are generally joyous, sanguine, and happy. You are constantly dis- 
appointed ; never realize half that you expect ; and spend your life in 
a world of brilliant illusions. Restrain. [78.] 

(6.) Large. — You are inclined to overrate the future ; look on the 
bright side of things ; overlook obstacles and evils ; attempt much 
more than you can accomplish ; console yourself when disappointed 
by the anticipation of better fortune next time ; are a firm believer in 
" the good time coming ;" are sanguine, buoyant, and joyous ; never 
despair ; u hope on, hope ever ;" live in the future more than in the 
present ; are liable to be led into extravagant expenditures and exten- 
sive speculations on the most delusive grounds and with disastrous 
results. Restrain. [78.] 

(5.) Full. — Your expectations are generally reasonable ; you are 
sanguine and enterprising ; often realize more than you expect. You 
are not much inclined to castle building, and " when your ships come 
home from sea " anticipate only ordinary cargoes ; are neither despond- 
ing nor too much elated. [77.] 

(4.) Average. — You are inclined to expect and to attempt too little 
rather than too much ; get too easily discouraged by the obstacles you 
encounter, some of them imaginary ; look on the dark side at times, 
and are disposed to be satisfied with the present instead of looking 
forward to the future ; generally count the cost and make safe invest- 
ments. Cultivate. [78.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are very moderate in your expectations of the 
future ; inclined to despondency ; often look on the dark side ; lack 
enterprise, and are afraid to attempt any great enterprise ; make sure 
gains, but small ones ; live in the present, and have more fear than 
hope for the future. Cultivate. [78.] 

(2.) Small. — You expect little from the future but misfortune ; see 
so many obstacles and discouragements ahead that you dare attempt 
very little; are very liable to become despondent and melancholy. 
Cultivate. [78.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You expect little or nothing that is desirable, 
and undertake nothing for fear of loss. Cultivate. [78.] 



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XXXL— SPIRITUALITY. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have strong intuitive perceptions of what is 
right and best; have faith in spiritual monitions ; and are most likely 
to take the true course when you allow yourself to be guided by what 
you internally feel to be the right way. A morbid or undue action of 
this faculty may lead you to become superstitious ; to blindly believe 
in dreams, omens, fortune-telling, and false prophecies, or to induce 
religious fanaticism. It must be properly regulated, and made to act 
in harmony with reason, though it may transcend it. Restrain. [80.] 

(6.) Large. — You have a large measure of faith ; an internal con- 
sciousness of right, duty, truth, falsehood, and what is best; love to 
meditate on spiritual subjects — the immortality of the soul, the future 
life, the existence and perfections of God, and the destiny of man ; 
enjoy spiritual communion, or the blending of soul with soul ; and, if 
Veneration be large, find ecstatic happiness in fervent adoration of 
the Deity. In certain states of the physical system, one may be natur- 
ally clairvoyant ; be forewarned in visions or in dreams ; perceive the 
highest truths by intuition, and even possess prophetic gifts. One must 
carefully guard against the perversion of this noble and exalted faculty 
(see 7), and not allow our living faith to degenerate into superstition, 
or our piety to become mere fanaticism. Restrain. [80.] 

(5.) Full. — You are not lacking in the ground-work of faith ; have a 
good share of spiritual feeling, and considerable intuitive inspiration ; 
but do not always allow yourself to be guided by the premonitions 
which would lead you aright. You desire to believe in all truth, but 
are sometimes beset by doubts. Cultivate. [80.] 

(4.) Average. — You are not destitute of the light within ; have 
some spiritual monitions, and are not inclined to disregard the guidance 
of the internal sense ; but your intuitions are not always sufficiently 
distinct to insure their full influence, or your belief in their authority 
so implicit as to make them very potential in your life. Cultivate. [80.] 

(3.) Moderate. — The spiritual part of your nature is not so influen- 
tial as would be desirable ; you have rather indistinct perceptions of 
spiritual things ; lack faith ; believe little that can not be logically 
proved; rely on evidence rather than on intuition; and would "prove 
all things " in order to " hold fast that which is good." Cultivate. [80.] 

(2.) Small. — You have very weak perceptions of spiritual truths ; 
must have proof before believing ; are not guided \>y faith — a doubting 
Thomas ; have no premonitions or warnings, and do not believe in 
them. Cultivate. [80.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are nearly destitute of the spiritual senti- 
ment — believe little or nothing ; are skeptical in regard to a future life ; 
ridicule the idea of revelations from Heaven, and treat premonitions 
and warnings with contempt. Cultivate. [80.] 



34 DELINEATION OP CHARACTER. 

XXXII— VENERATION. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are eminently respectful, deferential, and 
inclined to be religious, prayerful, and devoted to the worship of God ; 
circumstances favoring, you would manifest extreme fervor in your 
petitions before the throne of Grace ; evince great reverence for time- 
honored usages, forms, ceremonies, and institutions ; and are pro- 
foundly respectful toward the aged, the good, or the great. Restrain. 
[83.] ' 

(6.) Large. — You are, by organization, strongly inclined to worship; 
take great delight in religious exercises ; are fervent in prayer ; feel 
awed in the presence of the great; are very deferential toward the 
aged ; naturally conservative in your views ; reverence ancient forms 
and ceremonies; are inclined to adhere to long-established customs 
and to admire the '* good old ways." You have need to beware of the 
perversion of this faculty, leading to religious bigotry, slavish fear, and 
the domination of a blind impulse. Carefully direct, if not Restrain. 
[83.] 

(5.) Full. — You are not lacking in devotion, respect for superiors, 
reverence for age, or a fair degree of conservative feeling in reference 
to established institutions ; but these emotions are greatly influenced 
by circumstances, and are strongly or weakly manifested accordingly 
as they are incited or restrained by other faculties. There may often 
be an internal conflict in you between the worldly and the spiritual. 
[81.] 

(4) Average. — You are inclined to worship when the devotional 
feeling is specially called out, but are apt to make religion subservient to 
business or to whatever else may be your dominant tendency. Acting 
with Conscientiousness and Benevolence, your Veneration will dispose 
you to make justice, mercy, and good works the basis of your religion, 
while the rites of worship will be esteemed less important. Cultivate. 
[83.] 

(3.) Moderate. — If you are religious, it is probably because your 
education has been favorable to it, and were fortunate enough to have 
been brought up under religious influences ; but youf religion is one 
of works rather than of humility, submission, and faith. You have 
little respect for customs or institutions merely on account of their 
antiquity, and no reverence for creeds, rites, and ceremonies. Culti- 
vate. [83.] 

(2.) Small. — You experience little devotional feeling, and are de- 
ficient in reverence for age and respect for superiors. Cultivate. [83.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You seem to be nearly destitute of reverence 
and respect, and have no devotional feeling. Cultivate. [83.] 

XXXIII.— BENEVOLENCE. 
(7.) Vert Large.— You have a large, loving, kindly heart ; are 



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remarkably benevolent, charitable, and forgiving ; have ready sympa* 
thies and an open purse ; and with moderate or small Acquisitiveness 
may impoverish yourself to assist others, or with small Conscientious- 
ness spend in charity the money which of right belongs to your 
creditors. " Be just before you are generous," and do not allow 
sympathy to overrule judgment. Restrain. [83.] 

(6.) Large. — You are very tender, generous, and kind-hearted; 
ready to sympathize with suffering and to relieve want, to the extent 
of your means; prefer to suffer yourself rather than to see others 
suffer ; are charitable, forgiving, and merciful ; a " good Samaritan,'* 
and, in this respect, a true follower of Him who " went about doing 
good." [83.] 

(5.) Full. — You are kind and obliging; like to see others happy, 
and desire to make them so ; but will not overtax yourself to relieve 
your neighbors of their burdens, and may allow selfish feeling to over- 
rule your kindness. With Conscientiousness full or large, will " be 
just before you are generous." Cultivate. [83.] 

(4.) Average. — You are kind to those you love, especially if 
Adhesiveness be large, and may practice general benevolence through 
the influence of Approbativeness or for selfish ends, but are not inclined 
to philanthropy. Cultivate. [83.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are not inclined to be obliging, but manifest 
a feeling of indifference in regard to the comfort or welfare of those 
around you ; are rather selfish and unsympathizing. Cultivate. [83.] 

(2.) Small. — You care little for the sufferings of others, so long as 
you are yourself at ease. " It is not my affair," you say. You have 
no " sweet sympathy " in your soul. Cultivate. [83.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost utterly selfish — have no generous 
or sympathetic feelings. Cultivate. [83.] 

XXXIY.— CONSTRUCTIVENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You should manifest remarkable mechanical 
ingenuity, a passion for making things, and (with Causality large) 
great inventive talent. You take to tools naturally, and almost seem 
to be master of all trades without having learned them ; yon can make 
almost anything ; and are constantly contriving " improvements ;" 
you might devote yourself to mechanical invention with great benefit 
to the world, if not to yourself; but must beware of u perpetual 
motions," or of monomania on this subject. Restrain. [88.] 

(6.) Large. — You have great taste and talent for mechanical pur- 
suits ; delight in building, repairing, and employing machinery ; with 
large Imitation, can make anything after a pattern — anything, in fact, 
that you have seen made; and with large Causality, are strongly 
inclined to invent and to contrive new ways of doing things. As a 
Writer, you would show great skill in the construction of youy 



36 DELINEATION OP CHARACTER 

sentences, as well as in the arrangement «f the subject-matter of your 
essay or book. [88.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a good degree of mechanical judgment and in- 
genuity; are interested in machinery and mechanical operations, and 
with practice would attain skill in the use of tools. [88.] 

(4.) Average. — With the education of a mechanic — a thorough 
training in any particular trade — you may make a good workman, 
but manifest no special liking for the use of tools. Cultivate. [88.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather awkward in the use of tools, and 
should not attempt anything requiring much mechanical skill. 
Cultivate. [88.] 

(2.) Small. — Y r ou are deficient in constructive talent, and should not, 
attempt to invent. Cultivate. [88.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are very awkward in your attempts (if 
you ever make any) to use tools, and could scarcely build a rough hen- 
coop. Cultivate. [88.] 

XXXV.— IDEALITY. 

(7.) Very Large. — Y r ou have the most exquisite taste, the highest 
degree of refinement, and intense love of the beautiful ; live in an ideal 
world ; set up a high standard in character and manners ; have a most 
vivid imagination, and with the mental temperament and a good 
development of the reflective faculties, Constructiveness, Imitation, 
etc., are capable of achieving success in the highest walks of poetry or 
art. [90.] Y'our danger lies in the direction of extra fastidiousness 
and the tyrannical domination of the ideal, shutting you out from all 
participation in the interests and enjoyments of the real world around 
you. Restrain. [90.] 

(6.) Large. — Y^ou are imaginative, refined, and tasteful ; love poetry, 
art, and the beautiful in nature ; have high ideas of propriety in expres- 
sion and conduct ; are graceful and polished in manners ; have lofty 
aspirations ; incline to strive after perfection in character and perform- 
ance, and if otherwise well-endowed (see 7), possess a talent for the 
creation of the beautiful in poetry or art. [88.] 

(5.) Full. — You are not wanting in taste, refinement, or love of the 
beautiful ; enjoy poetry and art ; appreciate elegance and polished 
manners ; and have elevated notions of the proprieties of life, but are 
not sentimental, fanciful, or over-fastidious. Y^ou love adornment and 
display, but are not disposed to sacrifice the useful to the ornamental. 
[88.] 

(4.) Average.— Y r ou show more liking for the plain and substantial 
than for the ornamental ; are a utilitarian ; live in a real, every-day, 
matter-of-fact world ; and never " soar into the blue," or wander en- 
chanted in the realms of the ideal. You are rather plain in your 
scanners, and in talking or writing make use of few figures of speech, 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 37 

preferring to say what need be said in the most direct and literal way. 
Cultivate. [90.] 

(8.) Moderate. — You are somewhat deficient in taste ; rather 
" homespun " in manners ; very plain in speech ; and have little 
imagination. You are no lover of art, poetry, or the beautiful in 
nature, and your character is lacking in elevation and refinement 
Cultivate. [90.] 

(2.) Small. — You show a marked deficiency in taste, polish, and re- 
finement, and are extremely utilitarian. Cultivate. [90.] 

(V) Very Small. — You evince no taste and no appreciation of 
beauty. Cultivate. [90.] 

XXXVI.— SUBLIMITY. 

(7.) Very Large.— You appreciate and admire in the highest degree 
the wild, the romantic, the grand, the sublime, the illimitable, the 
eternal, the infinite ; have a real passion for mountain scenery, vast 
prospects, foaming breakers, and roaring waterfalls; enjoy with the 
greatest zest " the war of elements — thunder, lightning, tempest, the 
ocean in a storm, the surging rush of a swollen stream in a freshet — 
whatever is magnificent or awful ;" love to contemplate the seemingly 
boundless expanse of ocean; the glory of the starry heavens; and 
above all (with Veneration full or large), the omnipotence of the Deity 
and the infinitude of His works. In writing or speaking, you are 
inclined to use high-sounding words and metaphorical expressions, 
and must guard yourself against verbal extravagance and bombast In 
other respects there is no need to restrain. [91.] 

(6.) Large. — Your manifestations are like those described in (7), 
except in a somewhat lower degree. With a good development of the 
intellectual organs, you will take comprehensive views of subjects, and 
give a wide scope to your thoughts and investigations. [91.] 

(5.) Full. — You enjoy the grand, the sublime, and the magnificent, 
and appreciate mountain scenery, the vastness of the ocean, and the 
awfulness of the tempest, but in a lower degree than (7) and (6), which 
see. [91.] 

(4.) Average. — You manifest only a moderate degree of this element 
of character, under ordinary circumstances, but when the organ is 
powerfully excited, may enjoy sublimity and grandeur very highly. 
Cultivate. [91.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather deficient in the manifestation of 
this faculty. Cultivate. [91.] 

(2.) Small.— You care very little for the grand and sublime in any 
form. Cultivate. [91.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are nearly destitute of this faculty. Culti- 
vate. [91.] 



38 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

XXXVII.— IMITATION. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are capable of becoming a consummate 
mimic ; could make almost anything from pattern ; have a taste and 
talent for acting and of representing life to the letter. It would be 
natural for you to make use of many gestures when speaking ; impart 
great expression to your countenance when animated ; and with large 
Mirthfulness can relate anecdotes to the very life, and keep a company 
in a roar of laughter by your droll personations. Bestrain. [93.] 

(6.) Large. — You have great ability to copy, make things after a 
pattern, mimic, and act a part in an assumed character ; can readily 
adapt yourself to different circumstances, take on any mood you 
choose and act out its proper manifestations ; can be anybody else just 
about as easily as your own proper self; are able to imitate the voice, 
gestures, mode of walking, expression, etc., of your friends and 
acquaintances to the life. [93.] 

(5.) Full. — You have good imitative powers, and can copy, mimic, 
or personate others very well when you try, but are not particularly 
inclined to assume a character or to follow an example unless stimula- 
ted thereto by more influential faculties. [92.] 

(4.) Average. — You can copy tolerably well, when this faculty i9 
excited and backed up by other organs, but have no strong inclination 
to mimic or imitate others. You prefer to be yourself rather than 
anybody else. [92.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your imitative capacities are rather limited, and 
you manifest little inclination to take pattern from others, or to be a 
mere copyist ; are disposed to strike out new paths ; work on a plan 
©f your own ; and seek originality. [93.] 

(2.) Small. — You have your own way of doing things, and seldom 
willingly copy anything or take pattern from anybody. Cultivate. [93.] 

(1.) Very Small.— You have little ability to copy anything, and 
manifest no disposition to do so. Cultivate. [93.] 

XXXVIII.— MIRTHFULNESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You should be remarkably witty, jovial, comical; 
and have a great love for jokes and the ludicrous. With Ideality 
only average, you are in danger of becoming too comical, if not clown- 
ish, descending to low, coarse jests, and of making fun on solemn or 
unsuitable occasions. Bestrain. [95.] 

(6.) Large. — You can fully appreciate a joke, and know how to mako 
one; enjoy fun, and do your share in creating it ; laugh heartily, and 
Keep a company in good-humor by your mirthful sallies. With large 
Comparison and Combativeness, you would be capable of severe 
sarcasm. You should cultivate Ideality, to give your wit delicacy and 
refinement, otherwise your jokes may not always be in good taste 
Restrain. [95.] 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 39 

(5.) Full.— Your capacity for appreciating wit and humor is good, 
and you have considerable ability for making fun ; are witty, playful, 
and humorous, especially under the stimulus of jovial company, but 
are not remarkable for the manifestation of this faculty. [93.] 

(4.) Average. — You may enjoy wit and humor and appreciate a 
joke under a powerful excitement of this faculty ; but in general you 
are sober, serious, and sedate, and not inclined to encourage laughter 
or fun-making. Cultivate. [95.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather too seriously inclined, as a general 
rule, but may occasionally manifest considerable playfulness and humor. 
If Combativeness and Approbativeness be full or large, you may not 
always take a joke so good-humoredly as jom ought. It will do you 
good to cultivate good-humor and to laugh more. Cultivate. [95.] 

(2.) Small. — You are rather slow to perceive the point of a joke, 
and are seldom able to turn back a witticism aimed at yourself; are 
not inclined to laugh, and perhaps think it foolish or wrong to be 
jovial or merry. Cultivate. [95.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are quite too sober, and have few if any 
humorous conceptions — can not take a joke. Cultivate. [95.] 

XXXIX.— INDIVIDUALITY. 

(7.) Yery Large. — You have extraordinary powers of observation, 
and an insatiable desire to see everything and to know all about what 
ever comes under your observation. You are irresistibly impelled to 
individualize things, and are very minute and particular in your obser- 
vation, taking account of particulars which would escape most persons 
altogether. You should carefully guard yourself against obtrusiveness 
in exercising j^our curiosity or passion for observation. Do not so far 
forget good manners as to " stare " impudently at any one. Try to 
think as well as to look. In other respects, there is no need to restrain. 
[95.] 

(6.) Large.— You are a great practical observer of men and things ; 
j see everything ; and take account of all the particulars. You are char 
acterized as (7), only in a lower degree. [95.] 

(5.) Full. — You are a good observer ; keep your eyes open to some 
purpose ; see clearly whatever is readily observable, but are not in* 
elined to a very close scrutiny or to the scanning of minute details. 
You have a desire to see* and examine things generally, but do not 
allow this faculty to assume a controlling influence in your character. 
[95.J 

(4 ) Average. — Your observation is confined mainly to the more 
conspicuous objects around you, or to such as interest other and larger 
faculties, and is rather general than particular. Cultivate. [97.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You have only ordinary observing powers, and, 
unless the faculty be specially stimulated, take but little notice of 



40 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

things, and are consequently vague in your descriptions of what you 
have seen. Cultivate. [97.] 

(2.) Small. — Your observing powers are feeble. You use your eyes 
to so little purpose that they might almost as well be closed. Your 
notions of what you have seen are very vague. Cultivate. [97.] 
1 (1.) Yery Small. — You seem to be literally one of those who, " hav* 
ing eyes, see not." Cultivate. [97.] 

XL.— FORM. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are remarkable for ability to observe and 
remember shapes and forms, and an excellent judge of configuration. 
You hardly ever forget a face or a picture that has attracted your 
attention. [97.] 

(6.) Large. — Your memory of faces, forms, features, outlines, etc., is 
excellent, and you are a good judge of symmetry, proportion, and 
beauty of form. Can remember names by seeing them in writing. [97.] 

(5.) Full. — Your memory of faces and forms is good but not remark- 
ably tenacious. Your judgment of configuration and symmetry is 
fair. Cultivate. [99.] 

(4.) Average. — You have a tolerable development of this faculty, 
and with practice may recollect countenances, shapes, and so forth, 
with considerable distinctness. Cultivate. [99.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your memory of faces, forms, and shapes is neither 
very distinct nor very retentive, and your ability to recognize persons 
is poor. Cultivate. [99.] 

(2.) Small. — You have a very feeble recollection of faces, and soon 
forget the appearance of things you have seen. Cultivate. [99.] 

(1.) Very Small.— You manifest little or none of this faculty. Cul- 
tivate. [99.] 

XLL— SIZE. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have great ability to judge of magnitude ; 
can determine very closely by the eye alone the length, breadth, or 
height of an object ; have an accurate eye for proportion, and detect at 
a glance any departure from perfect correctness in this respect. [99.] 

(6.) Large. — You have an excellent eye for measuring angles, pro- 
portions, and dimensions ; are a good judge of harmony between the 
different parts of a thing, and are annoyed by a want of proportion or a 
departure from accuracy in the lines of direction. [99.] 

(5.) Full.— You possess a good share of the ability to measure by 
the eye, but require practice to give you entire correctness in this par- 
ticular. Cultivate. [100.] 

(4.) Average. — You have only a fair share of this eye-measuring 
power, but with considerable practice may do tolerably well. Culti- 
vate. [100.] 



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(3.) Moderate. — You are not a good judge of size or proportion, 
and should not trust to the eye where correct measurements are 
required. Cultivate. [100.] 

(2.) Small. — You have very vague ideas of length, breadth, height, 
etc., and a poor judgment of proportion. Cultivate. [100.] 

(1.) Very Small. — Y^ou manifest little or none of this faculty. Cut- 
twate. [100.] 

XLLL— WEIGHT. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have remarkable skill in balancing; are 
sure-footed ; seldom stumble or fall ; possess wonderful skill in skating, 
swimming, sleight-of-hand, hurling, shooting, horseback-riding, etc. ; 
and naturally assume easy and natural attitudes in standing, and a 
graceful gait in walking. Your perception of the laws of gravity and 
ability to maintain the equipoise of any body you can control are very 
great. With a little practice, you could perform wonderful feats in 
walking a tight-rope, balancing poles and other objects ; or in riding, 
vaulting, etc. [100.] 

(6.) Large. — You have nice intuitive perceptions of the laws of 
gravitjr, and great ability to apply them ; are fond of exercises involv- 
ing skill in balancing, such as riding, skatiug, shooting ; have a steady 
hand and a sure foot ; love to walk on narrow and dangerous places ; 
assume natural attitudes; are annoyed by seeing anything out of 
plumb or unevenly balanced ; and, with Constructiveness large, possess 
great natural ability to operate machinery. [100 1 

(5.) Full. — Y^ou have good command over your muscles, and with 
practice can balance well, but have no extraordinary perception of the 
laws of gravity. Cultivate. [101.] 

(4.) Average. — You are described in (5), but in a somewhat lower 
degree ; would require much practice to balance well. Cultivate. [101.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Y T ou have but little skill in balancing, and lack 
the nice appreciation of the laws of gravity which give ability to ride, 
6kate, shoot, or hurl well; you should not attempt to walk on high and 
narrow places. Cultivate. [101.] 

(2.) Small. — You can hardly walk a broad plank over a ditch ; get 
dizzy on high places ; are easily made sea-sick, and are not a good 
rider, skater, or marksman. Cultivate. [101.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have barely sufficient appreciation of the 
laws of gravity and command over the muscles to stand erect. Cul* 
tivate. [101.] 

XLIIL— COLOR 

- (7.) Very Large. — Y r ou have a passion for colors, and an instinctive 
perception of their harmonies ; can arrange and blend all the shades, 
hues, and tints in painting or otherwise, with the greatest skill ; as a 



42 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

painter, would excel in coloring. Inappropriate or inharmonious 
arrangements of colors give you pain. [102.] 

(6.) Large. — You are as described in (7), only in a lower degree. 
[102.] 

(5.) Full. — You are a fair judge of colors and of fitness in their 
combination; but require practice to enable you to determine their 
finer shades and blendings. Cultivate. [103.] 

(4.) Average. — You are as described in (5), but in a lower degree. 
Cultivate. [103.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are naturally deficient in the discrimination 
of colors, and only glaring ones or strong contrasts attract your atten- 
tion ; with a good deal of practice, however, you might acquire a fair 
degree of skill in judging of the primitive colors and their more com- 
mon combinations. Cultivate. [103.] 

(2.) Small. — You are very deficient in perception of colors, and care 
little for them. Cultivate. [103.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have no love for colors, and but a very 
weak perception of the distinction implied by the word. One who 
can not distinguish different colors may be pronounced idiotic in this 
particular, i. e., he lacks the faculty. Cultivate. [103.] 

XLIY.— ORDER. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are exceedingly systematic ; very particular 
about having everything in its proper place ; are tidy, precise, and 
formal to a fault, and unless this faculty be restrained, you will spend 
too much time in trying (in vain) to keep everything " just so," or to 
restore order where others are continually creating what to you seems 
confusion. You are liable to be " more nice than wise." Restrain. 
[104.] 

(6.) Large. — You are inclined to be very regular, orderly, and sys- 
tematic in all your arrangements ; are sometimes too precise and formal ; 
have a place for everything, and are annoyed by seeing anything out 
of place, or by any failure on the part of those around you to appreciate 
your methodical habits or to adhere to your strict rules of order. 
Restrain. [104.1 

(5.) Full. — You are systematic and orderly ; like to see things in 
their places ; are disposed to be tidy and careful in dress ; but are not 
a slave to method, and when disorder can not be avoided, submit to it 
with a good grace. You are more orderly in theory than in practice, 
unless trained in some business in which method is particularly 
requisite. Cultivate. [104.] 

(4.) Average. — You like order, and will make some effort to secure 
it ; but often permit disorder to usurp its place. You are not disposed 
to be precise, formal, or " old-maidish." Cultivate. [104.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You arc rather untidy and careless in dress and 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 43 

habits; seldom have a place for anything or anything in its place; 
leave your business at loose ends ; and have a slip-shod, disjointed 
way of doing everything. Cultivate. [104.] 

(2.) Small. — You have a very careless, unmethodical, and inaccurate 
way of doing things, and are inclined to be shiftless and slovenly in 
your habits. Cultivate. [104.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have little appreciation of order, neatness, 
or system, and manifest no arranging power. Cultivate. [104.] 

XL V.— CALCULATION. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have remarkable natural talent for com- 
putation ; multiply and divide intuitively ; seem to solve difficult 
problems in mathematics by instinct ; and take intense delight in 
figures and statistics, and in the various applications and relations of 
numbers. [104.] 

(6.) Large. — You excel in mental arithmetic, add, subtract, multiply, 
and divide with great facility; perceive very readily the value and 
relations of numbers; are fond of statistical information; and with 
full or large Locality and Causality may excel in the higher branches 
of mathematics. [104] 

(5.) Full. — You succeed very well in the use of numbers, but 
are not remarkable for ability to calculate " in the head." Cul- 
tivate. [106.] 

(4.) Average. — You require considerable study and practice to give 
you facility in arithmetical calculations, but with it can succeed very 
fairly. Cultivate. [106.] 

(.3.) Moderate. — You remember numbers with difficulty, and are 
neither quick nor accurate in adding, subtracting, multiplying, or 
dividing. You think arithmetic a bore, and should not attempt to 
become a book-keeper or an accountant. Cultivate. [106.] 

(2.) Small. — You are dull and slow in learning arithmetic, and, 
perhaps, like Mr. George Combe, have never been able to master the 
multiplication table. You have no taste for numbers, and a very poor 
memory of them. Cultivate. [106.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have hardly the ability to count, much less 
to calculate, and are unfortunate in respect to this faculty. If you 
take a realizing sense of your deficiency, you will not venture on 
mathematical calculations. Cultivate. [106.] 

XLVL— LOCALITY. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have an insatiable love of traveling, and 
desire to see the world, and a remarkably retentive memory of the 
localities you visit ; have an intuitive idea of both the relative and 
absolute position of places, and never lose your way either in the 
forests or in the streets of a strange city. You are inclined to be too 



44 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

roving and unsettled in your habits, and to spend all your time and 
money in traveling. Restrain. [107.] 

(6.) Large. — You have a strong desire to travel and to see places ; 

delight in books of travel ; are deeply interested in the study of geog- 

. raphy and astronomy ; seldom forget any place you have once seen, 

I and can find your way anywhere, as if by instinct. Would make a 

good explorer. [106.] 

(5.) Full. — Your memory of places is good, and you enjoy traveling 
and reading of travels ; find your way quite well ordinarily, but are 
not remarkably endowed in this particular. Cultivate. [107.] 

(4.) Average. — Your recollection of places is fair, but you have no 
great desire to travel or to see strange countries, and may sometimes 
lose your way. Cultivate. [107.] 

(3.) Moderate. — Your local memory is rather poor, and you prefer 
staying at home to traveling, and often become confused, " turned 
about," or lost in strange places. Cultivate. [107.] 

(2.) Small. — You have a very poor memory of places, and find even 
familiar ones with difficulty. Cultivate. [107.] 

(1.) Very Small. — Your local instinct is so weak that you can 
hardly find your way home from any neighboring place. Cultivate. 
[107.] 

XL VII.— EVENTUALITY. 

(7.) Very Large. — You should possess a wonderfully retentive 
memory of facts, incidents, and general knowledge ; and have strong 
craving for information. You would be a great devourer of books, 
newspapers, and periodicals ; and with large Language and Imitation, 
would excel in story-telling. [108.] 

(6.) Large.— You ought to have a retentive memory of historical 
facts, incidents, stories, and general information ; love to acquire 
knowledge ; are fond of books, learn readily anything relating to 
history or biography. You are likely to be well informed on common 
subjects and, with fair opportunities, to be a good scholar. [108.] 

(5.) Full. — Your memory of facts and circumstances should be 
good, if properly cultivated, but may have become indifferent through 
neglect. You may, if the reflective faculties be large, remember prin- 
ciples better than facts. Cultivate. [109.] 

(4.) Average. — You may recollect leading events, and facts in 
which you are particularly interested, but are rather deficient in 
memory of indifferent matters and the details of occurrences. Cul- 
tivate. [109.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You have a rather poor memory of events, and are 
particularly forgetful of details. You are a poor story-teller. Cul- 
tivate. [109.] 

(2.) Small. — Your memory is treacherous and confused, and can 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 45 

not safely be relied upon for anything relating to facts, occurrences, or 
the circumstances of active life. Cultivate. [100.] 

(1.) Very Small. — Your memory is utterly untrustworthy. You 
forget almost everything relating to what has happened, no matter 
how recently. Cultivate. [109.] 

XL VIII.— TIME. 

(7.) Very Large. — You seem to have an intuitive knowledge of 
the lapse of time ; can keep time in music, tell the time of day almost 
as correctly without a time-piece as with one ; and can wake at any 
pre-appointed hour of the night, [109.] 

(6.) Large. — You are an excellent judge of time ; can tell when any 
event of which you have a knowledge occurred ; keep time in music 
very correctly ; rarely forget appointments ; and should be an accurate 
chronologist. [109.] 

(5.) Full. — You can keep time in music and, with practice, can 
cany in your head the time of day, but are not remarkably endowed 
in this particular. Cultivate. [110.] 

(4.) Average. — Your memory of dates is fair, but you require prac- 
tice to give you accuracy in keeping time in music. Cultivate. [110.] ' 

(3.) Moderate. — You have a rather defective notion of time, and 
not a good memory of dates. Cultivate. [110.] 

(2.) Small. — You have a confused and indistinct idea of time, and 
are apt to forget appointments. Cultivate. [110.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are nearly destitute of this faculty. Cul- 
tivate. [110.] 

XLIX.— TUNE. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are passionately fond of music ; have extra- 
ordinary musical taste and talent ; and with a good development of 
Imitation, Constructiveness, Ideality, and Time, and a fine organiza- 
tion, may become an expert performer, or, with large Ideality, Caus- 
alit}^, and Comparison, a composer. [110.] 

| [6.] Large. — You are constituted as described in (7), except in a 
somewhat lower degree ; have a fine ear for music, and enjoy if you 
do not readily learn anything you hear. [110.] 

(5.) Full. — You have good musical taste ; are yery fond of music; 
and with practice can become a performer. Cultivate. [112.] 

(4.) Average. — You have fair musical abilit} r , but considerable 
practice would be required to give you proficiency in music. You 
have more love for the " concord of sweet sounds M than power to 
produce it. Cultivate. [112.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are not particularly fond of music, but are 
capable of acquiring some taste for the simpler kinds, and with practice 
may learn to sing. Cultivate. [112.] 



46 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 

(2.) Small. — You have very little taste or love for music, and less 
ability to produce it. Cultivate. [112.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You manifest little or none of this faculty. 
Cultivate. [112.]* 

| L.— LANGUAGE. 

(7.) Very Large. — You have great copiousness of expression, a 
passion for talking or writing ; are capable of becoming very fluent 
and correct in the use of language ; generally put the right word in 
the right place; have a remarkable verbal memory; readily make 
quotations; learn languages with facility by hearing them spoken; are 
very liable, unless this faculty be restrained, or balanced by reason, to 
be tediously verbose. Restrain. [114] 

(6.) Large. — You are fluent and copious in the use of words, both 
in writing and speaking ; can learn to talk well, and would love to 
talk ; can learn foreign languages easily ; and have an excellent mem- 
ory of words. You can tell all you know, and generally make use of 
correct if not elegant language ; are rather inclined to verbosity than 
to barrenness of expression, and to talk too much rather than too little. 
'Restrain. [114.] 

(5.) Full. — You have a good command of language ; express your- 
self with considerable ease and fluency, but are not remarkable for 
copiousness, and are seldom verbose or redundant. With practice you 
might make a good speaker, but can do better with the pen than with 
the tongue. Cultivate. [114.] 

(4.) Average. — You are not very fluent in the use of language ; say 
what you desire to say in few words ; are not very fond of talking ; 
with practice may write well, but not rapidly. Cultivate. [114.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You find some difficulty in expressing your ideas, 
your vocabulary being small and your memory and command of words 
poor. With constant practice, you may write effectively, but your 
style will be rather dry and barren. As a speaker, yoa would not be 
likely to succeed. You may learn foreign languages, but will speak 
them with difficulty, if at all. Cultivate. [114.] 

(2.) Small. — You speak with difficulty; often hesitate for words; 
and are apt to blunder in the construction of your sentences. Cultivate. 
[114] 

(1.) Very Small. — Your memory of words is exceedingly poor, and 
your power of expression almost entirely lacking. Cultivate. [114.] 

* The Friends, or Quakers— many of them -are opposed to music, on the 
ground that it is used as a sensuous gratification ; a disturbing element; opposed to 
simple, silent devotion. We regard Tune as a faculty of the human mind, created for 
a useful purpose, and not to be ignored or suppressed because of its abuse, any more 
than that of the appetite, or of Veneration itself, which is sometimes exercised on 
idols, images, and gods of wood and stone. The right use of all the faculties will be 
acceptable to Him who created them, 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 47 

LI.— CAUSALITY. 

(7.) Very Large. — You should be noted for originality, rjlanning 
capacity, intuitive perception of the relations of cause and effect, and 
great reasoning power and comprehension. You are naturally a 
thinker and a philosopher, and are in danger of becoming an impracti- 
cable theorist. Restrain. [115.] 

(6.) Large. — You have excellent reasoning power; uncommon 
capacity for contriving ways and means ; can generally trace effects i 
back to their causes, or predicate results ; are good at making plans ; 
have a strong desire to know the "why" and "wherefore" of every- 
thing ; are not satisfied with a superficial knowledge, but desire to go 
to the bottom of every subject; are liable to be abstruse and more 
theoretical than practical. Restrain. [115.] 

(5.) Full. — Your capacity to plan, invent, originate, and adapt 
means to ends is good, and with activity well developed and Com- 
parison and the perceptives large, may manifest a good degree of 
reasoning power; but with these conditions reversed, you will plan 
better than you will execute. You like to know why things are as 
they are, but are not disposed to push your investigations too closely. 
[114] 

(4.) Average. — Y T our planning and reasoning ability depends greatly 
upon the influence of other and larger organs, but in general it is only 
fair. Cultivate. [115.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather deficient in the ability to discern 
and apply principles, and possess no great originality or planning 
capacity. Cultivate. [115.] 

(2.) Small. — You are decidedly deficient in reasoning power and 
ability to contrive, plan, and adapt means to ends. Cultivate. [115] 

(1.) Very Small. — You are almost utterly destitute of originality. 
Cultivate. [115.] 

LIL— COMPARISON. 

(7.) Very Large. — You possess remarkable powers of analysis; 
ability to reason from analogy and to discover new truths by induction ; 
can clearly trace out relations between the known and the unknown 
which escape common investigators, and with Individuality, Eventu- 
ality, and Causalitjr well developed, will manifest great capacity for 
making discoveries and a passion for analytical investigations most 
useful to the phrenologist, [115.] 

(6.) Large.— Your capacity for inductive reasoning is excellent; 
you manifest great ability in tracing the connection between known 
facts and phenomena and the laws or principles which govern them, 
a disposition to analyze, resolve combinations into elements, dissect, 
criticise, compare, and classify ; to observe similarities and dissimilar- 
ities ; to trace analogies ; to explain by illustration ; and in speaking, 1o 



48 DELINEATION OF CHARACTER: \ 

use many comparisons, metaphors, and similes. With large Language, 
Continuity, Const ructiveness, and Ideality, should write and speak 
with great fluency, correctness, and elegance, and in a style dis- 
tinguished for clearness as well as for beauty ; but with these organs 
moderate or small, there will be a liability to broken metaphors and 
imperfect and confusing comparisons. You would make a good 
chemist, [115.] 

(5.) Full. — You appreciate fine comparisons and sound inductive 
• reasoning, and are inclined to make use of the analogical and analytical 
methods, of arriving at the truth, but are not remarkably developed in 
this faculty. Cultivate. [117.] 

(4.) Average. — Your analogical ability is fair, w r hen called into 
activity by the larger organs, but otherwise is rather w r eak in its mani- 
festations. Cultivate. [117.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are not much inclined to institute comparisons 
or to observe resemblances or differences, and neither make use of nor 
appreciate metaphors and similes, but may enjoy a simple and direct 
comparison. Your ability to illustrate one case or point by another 
involving similar principle is poor. Cultivate. [117.] 

(2.) Small. — You seldom observe likenesses or dissimilarities, have 
no skill in tracing analogies, and are content to take things as you find 
them in their combinations, instead of pulling them in pieces or resolv- 
ing them into elements to find out how they are made or the propor- 
tions of their parts. Cultivate. [117.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You manifest little or none of this element of 
character. Cultivate. [117.] 

LIIL— HUMAN NATURE. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are a natural physiognomist, or, rather, an 
intuitive discerner of character, forming correct estimates of the dis- 
position and moral status of those you meet at a single glance, especial- 
ly if they be of the opposite sex. You can trust your first impressions 
of character. With large Comparison, would make an excellent practical 
phrenologist and physiognomist. It is usually large in our North Ameri- 
can Indians, and should be so in our police and in all detectives. [117.] 

(6.) Large. — You have an excellent judgment in matters of charac- 
ter ; read men and women intuitively ; love to study the " Signs of 
Character" in the features, voice, walk, manners, etc., and could 
become a good practical delineator of character. [117.] 

(5.) Full. — Your first impressions of character are generally correct; 
but you are liable to make occasional mistakes. You love to study 
character, and with practice may become a good practical phrenologist 
or physiognomist. Cultivate. [118.] 

(4.) Average. — Your talents for reading character are fair, but your 
first impressions are not to be fully trusted. Cultivate. [118.] 



MENTAL FACULTIES. 49 

(3.) Moderate. — You have no great natural capacity for character- 
reading, and often form incorrect estimates of people, but with study 
and practice may do tolerably well. Cultivate. [118.] 

(2.) Small. — You are a poor judge of character and are easily 
Imposed upon — do not know how to take people. Cultivate. [118.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You have little or no appreciation of human 
nature. Cultivate. [118.] 

LIY.— AGREEABLENESS. 

(7.) Very Large. — You are remarkably bland, winning, and per- 
suasive ; very conciliatory ; and generally please everybody. Are 
more like a Frenchman than an Englishman. [118.] 

(6.) Large. — You have an agreeable and fascinating manner, and a 
way of saymg and doing even disagreeable things at which no one can 
take offense, and which makes everything you say and do acceptable. 
You are conciliatory and persuasive, and are almost universally liked. 
" Are all things to all men." [118.] 

(5.) Full. — You are pleasing and bland in 3~our manners, and, with 
large Ideality, polite and agreeable ; but when angry, may make use 
of blunt and sharp expressions. Cultivate. [119.] 

(4.) Average. — You are generally pleasant in conversation and 
manners, but may when excited become very brusque and repulsive. 
Are more like an Englishman than a Frenchman. Cultivate. [119.] 

(3.) Moderate. — You are rather deficient in Agreeableness, and 
have little ability to smooth over }^our words or actions. Cultivate. 
[119.] 

(2.) Small. — You have an unpleasant way of saying even pleasant 
things, and often quite unnecessarily provoke the ill-will of those 
around you. Cultivate. [119.] 

(1.) Very Small. — You manifest no desire or ability to please. 
Cultivate. [119.] 



Note. — Some of the most important works on Phrenology are 
Spurzheim's Phrenology ; Combe's System of Phrenology ; Combe's 
Constitution of Man; Fowler's Self-Instructor. Brain and Mind; Forty 
Years in Phrenology; Heads and Faces ; Choice of Pui suits; How 
to Teach ; How to Read Character ; Fowler's Lectures ; Wells' New 
Physiognomy ; Phrenology Proved : Defence of Phrenology ; Resem- 
blance to Parents ; How to Study Strangers by Temperament, Face 
and Head ; Phrenological Journal, monthly ; Human Nature Library, 
10c. a number, and the Phrenological Bust. ___. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES: 



OR, 



OUTLINES OF PHRENOLOGY,. 





TH3SJ OBSERVER. 



THE PHILOSOPHE R 




^T^HE brain is the organ of the mind; 
-*- according to its size, quality, health, 
culture, and developments will there be 
mental manifestation. Heart, lungs, sto- 
mach, hands, feet, eyes, ears, etc., perform 
separate and special functions ; so, different 
parts of the brain are allotted to different 
functions. The forehead is the seat of In- 
tellect — the knowing faculties ; the lower 
back-head, of the Affections ; the side- 
head, of the executive, propelling, constructive, and economical powers ; the top* 
head, of the moral, spiritual, and religious Sentiments. And all these are subrli 
vided, as seen in the pictorial head. 

Between these skulls 'a marked dif- 
ference in form will be observed. The 
male skull is broad and heavy at the 
sides, showing force; and high at the 
crown, indicating pride, positiveness, 
and determination. The relatively long 
back-head of the female indicates the 
maternal and affectionate dispositions. 
By the Temperaments are understood the states of the 
brain in the skull, body and mind with respect to the predominance of different 
qualities. They are divided into (1st) Motive or muscular, (2d) Vital or nutritive, 
(3d) Mental or thinking, instead of Nervous, Bilious, Lymphatic, and Sanguine., 
Those who have the Motive temperament 
are powerful, tough, enduring, fond of 
pursuits which require energy and author*- 
ity. Those who have the Vital are fond 
of pleasure, enjoy good living, active oc* 
cupation, and social life. The Mental tem- 
perament gives sensitiveness, mental ac- 
tivity, desire to think and study.; and the 
moral feelings and refining sentiments are 
generally well marked in those who have 
this temperament in predominance. 
When the temperaments are combined in equal or nearly equal proportions, th* 
person is by nature adapted to study, labor, or to business of any kind. 




BRAIN EXPOSED. 





FEMALE SKULL. 



MALE SKULL. 



Vital Temperament. 




mrst principles: or, 

The strong, black hair, rough, prominent features, and bony development of Veraz^ 
*ano indicate toughness and endurance ; the power and hardihood of the Motive 
Motive Temperament, temperament. The deep chest, 
rounded face, and glowing coun- 
tenance of Whitefield indicate the 
Vital temperament ; and he was 
known for ardor, strong affection, 
and impassioned eloquence. 

The large top-head of Melanc- 
thon indicates a predominance of 
the Mental temperament, which 
gives a tendency to thought, phi- 
losophy, moral sentiment, and an 
appreciation of the beautiful and 
esthetical. In Sir Jolui Franklin 
we find the strength of the Mo- 
tive temperament, the piunipMess and ardor of the Vital temperament, and sufficient! 
Mental Temperament, amplitude of the brain to indi- Temperaments Combined. 
cate a full degree of the Men- 
tal temperament ; thus, ail 
being combined, he was har- 
monious ; strong without be- 
ing rough, ardent without im- 
pulsiveness ; thoughtful and 
studious, without being too 
abstract or excitable. Persons 
''/^^w^^sk*. so orgaxAzed are fortunate. 
/V\N^wVvvV\a\ Genius often comes from un- 
balanced development, some 
a£3i_ ncthon. faculties being greatly in ex- 

cess ; , v it LX*e often, vice, crime, or misfortune are the result. 




VERAZZANO. 



WHITEFIELD. 





SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. 



LARGE. 



NAMES A 5D FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS. 

DOMESTIC PROPENSITIES. 
No, 1, Amative -s— the faculty of connubial love, lends attractiveness to the 
opposite sex, and a desire to unite in wedlock and enjoy their company. Excess; 
tendency to grossness and licentiousness. Deficiency : indifference to the other sex. 
', , Conjugal Love— the monogamic faculty, giving a desire to reciprocate the love 
of one in matrimony. Excess: small. 

morbid fervor of attachment. Be- 

Jiciency : ' aversion to permanent 

union ; domestic vacillation. 
No. 2, Philoprogenitiveness— 

the parental feeling. Disposes one 

to give due attention to offspring. 

Excess : idolizing children ; spoil- 
ing them by improper indulgence. 

Deficiency: dislike and neglect of 

the young and enfeebled. 

victory ^ T> * 3 ' Frieildshi P — the social 

feeiing — desire for companionship, 
attachment, devotion to individuals. Excess: undue fondness for friends &&.<& 
company Deficiency ; indifference to friendly or social iuterestfc- 





JOHNSON. 



OTOLITES OF PHRENOLOGY. 




No. 4, Inhabitiveness — It gives 
a desire for a borne, place of abode, 
or haven of rest. It also gives rise 
to love of country, and combined 
with the other social feelings leads 
to clannishness and offensive na- 
tionalism. Excess : undue exalting 
of one's own country and home, 
and prejudice against others. De- 
ficiency : a roving, unsettled dispo- 
sition ; disregard for national ties. 




CROMWELL. 



GEN. SCOTT. 

No. 5, Continuity— Gives undivided and continued attention to one subject undj 
it is finished. Some have this organ small, and get "too many irons in the fire. ,v 
Excess : prolixity ; absence of mind or preoccupation. Deficiency : excessive fond 
ness for variety ; restlessness ; vacillation ; lack of application. 





SULLIVAN. 



DR. BOND. 



THE SELFISH PROPENSITIES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 

RGE E, Vitativeness— the love of life— a de- gm 

sire to exist. Excess : great love of life ; 
dread of death. Deficiency : indifference to 
life or the care of it. 

No. 6, Combativeness — defense, cour- 
age, force of character, energy, and indigna- 
tion. It gives belligerency. Excess: a 
quick, fault-finding, contentious disposi- 
tion. Deficiency : cowardice, tameness. 

No. 7, Destructiveness— Executiveness, 
resolution, promptness, hardiness, and se- 
verity. It is a pioneer. Excess: mali- 
ciousness, cruelty, vindictiveness. Defi- 
ciency ; passiveness, inefficiency ; a lack of fortitude in time of trial. 

IVo. 8, Alimentiveness— desire for food, appetite. The captain of the commit 
sariat department rejoices at the sight of a good dinner, and in the eating of it. E& 
cess: gluttony, intemperance. Defi- 
ciency: want of appetite ; daintiness; 
indifference in regard to food. 

No. 9, Acquisitiveness — desire for 
property— is the principal element in in- 
dustry, economy, and that providential 
forethought which 'Mays up for a rainy 
day.*' Excess: selfishness, avarice, cov- 
etousness. Deficiency : want of econ- 
omy ; wastefulness ; prodigality. 

No. 10, Secretiveness— concealment, 
policy — the conservative principle— aids heenan. 

acquisitiveness in the retention of wealth. Misdirected, or in Excess, it is a prime 
element in hypocrisy, double-dealing, evasion, and that equivocating spirit which 
Is scarcely compatible with honesty and candor. Foxy. Deficiency : want of reserve, 
tact, or policy ; good generalship requires strategy, concealment. 

No. 11, Cautiousness— fear, prudence— apprehends danger — is anxious, and some* 
times timid and irresolute. Excess: cowardice, timidity. Deficiency: heedlessness^ 
recklessness, imprudent haste, disregard of consequences. 





SATERS. 



FIRST P&INCIPLES ! Oft, 

ASPIRING GROUP. 
•to. 12, Approbativene§s— the desire to please, to gain admiration and popt* 
small. larity. This faculty is of great import- large. 

ance in social life. It gives to the person 
a desire to cultivate the amenities of so- 
cial intercourse. Excess: vanity, undue 
sensitiveness to praise or blame ; a slave 
to " Mrs. Grundy." Deficiency : disregard 
of the opinion of others. 

No. 13, Self-Esteem— dignity, govern- 
ing power, independence, the manly and 
commanding spirit. Excess : arrogance ; 
imperiousness. Deficiency: self-distrust 
submission. and deprec iation ; a lack of self-assurance. 

Wo. 14, Firmness — steadfastness, perseverance, stability, decision, tenacity of 
purpose, determination, capacity to endure. Excess : stubbornness, obstinacy. De> 
ficiency /instability, unsteadiness, with u no will of his own." 





AUTHORITY. 



MORAL SENTIMENTS. 



SMALL. 





BISHOP WHITE. 



MALEFACTOR. 



large. No. 15, Conscientiousness. — Jus- 

tice—moral sentiment, self-examina- 
tion, integrity, scrupulousness in mat- 
ters of duty, and obligation. It inclines 
one to hold to his convictions, to be 
"just, though the heavens fall." Ex- 
cess : censoriousness ; great scrupu- 
lousness ; self-condemnation, and un- 
due censure. Deficiency: indifference 
to right or wrong ; equivocation. 

No. 16, Hope— loo ks to the future, 
buoys the mind with enthusiastic ex- 
pectations of the yet-to-be. It has a 
most happy influence on the individual, and is too generally found low in develop- 
ment. Let it be encouraged. In Excess, renders one visionary and extravagant in 
expectations. Deficient, gives the tendency to despondency, sadness, and gloom. 

No. 17, Spirituality.— Faith, trust, and a satisfied state of mind, arising from a 
settled dependence or reliance on the nature of things, is the happy result of this 
faculty. It is an intuitive religious ele- 
ment, leads to prophesy, and gives rise 
to the belief in a superintending Provi- 
dence. Excess: superstition, fanaticism. 
Deficiency : skepticism, incredulity. 

No. 18, Veneration—has a high moral 
influence upon the character, giving an 
intense aspiration for that which is su- 
preme in holiness, purity, godliness. It 
inspires the mind with awe and regard 
for sacred subjects, for the aged or wor- 
thy. It u hungers and thirsts " for higher 
moral conditions, which is universally 
expressed in the act of devout and sincere prayer to God. Excess : idolatry, undue 
deference for persons. Deficiency : disregard for thing* sacred and for the aged and 
Venerable. One without Veneration is unfortunate ; a moral idiot. 





EDWARDS. 



CHALMERS. 



OUTLINES OP PHRENOLOGY. 

No. 19, Benevolence — the distributive moral feeling— has among its definitions 
the desire to do good, tenderness, sympathy, charity, liberality, and philanthropy. 
Excess: morbid generosity, indiscreet philanthropy. Deficiency: selfishness, indif- 
ference to the wants of others, lack of kindness and sympathy, unforgiving. 





RAPHAEL. 



PERFECTIVE GROUP. 
large. ]\ 0# 20. Oonstructiveness — the me- large. 

chanical, planning, and tool-using faculty. 
It aids in the construction of pictures, 
poetry, orations, lectures, books, gar- 
ments, houses, ships, schemes, and all 
employments demanding manual or men- 
tal dexterity, and aids the inventor. 
Excess: attempting impossibilities, im- 
practical contrivances, perpetual motions. 
^ Deficiency : inability to use tools, no 
correggio. mechanical skill or aptitude, a bungler. 

No. 21, Ideality— the esthetic faculty, or love of the beautiful and perfect. It is 
essential in poetry, in literature, the arts, and all that is refining and pure. Excess i 
fastidiousness ; romantic ; " more 
nice than wise." Deficiency: lack 
of taste, coarseness and vulgarity. 

B, Sublimity— may also be called 
an organ of the imagination. The 
stupendous in nature or art excites 
this faculty highly. In Excess, it 
leads to exaggeration in tales or de- 
scriptions of unusual phenomena. 
Deficient, it shows inability to appre- 
ciate the grand and majestic. 
No. 22, Imitation, or Aptitude, 
milton. __ The copyin g i ns tinct. It enables shakspeare. 

us to adapt ourselves to society by copying manners. It helps the actor in represent 
ing character, and is one of the 
chief channels by which we obtain 
knowledge and benefit by surround- 
ing influences. Excess: mimicry; 
servile imitation. Deficiency : odd- 
ity, eccentricity in ways and 
usages, lack of conformity. 

No. 23, Mirthf illness— wit, hu- 
mor, love of fun. It aids reason 
by ridiculing the absurd and in- 
congruous. Excess: ridicule of 
improper subjects. Deficiency : morse. 

great gravity, sedateness, indifference to wit and humor, inability to appreciate a joke. 






daguerre. 




PERCEPTIVE ORGANS. 

No. 24, Individuality, Curiosity.— The inquisitive, knowledge-gathering d jposi. 
tion, indispensable in the acquisition of physical knowledge or distinctness of thought 
The child says "Let me seel — let me see! " Excess: prying curiosity and inquis< 
adveness ; each should " mind his own "nusiness. 1 ' 1 Deficiency : dullness of observation 



3ULRGE. 



SMALL, 





MEDITATIVE. 

a constant 



first principles; or 3 

No. 25, Form— gives width be- 
tween the eyes, and enables ns to 
remember the outline shapes of 
thiugs. It has to do with draw- 
ing and working by the eye. Ex- 
cess : undue sensitiveness to 
irregularity and want of harmony 
in shapes. Deficiency: forgets 
faces and forms, and can not cut 
or draw with skill or accuracy. 

No. 26, Size — enables us to 
measure distances and quantities 
morris. with the eye, and is represented by 

two apples of different sizes. It judges between large and small, 
comparison of size and proportion. Deficiency : inability to estimate size and distance. 
No. 27, Weight— adapts man to the laws of gravity, whereby he rides a horse, 
balances and judges of the weight of things. Excess : disposition to climb and at* 
tempt hazardous feats of balancing ; rope walking. Deficiency : inability to judge of 
weight, or to keep the center of gravity.. 

No. 28, Color.— This faculty is symbolized by the rainbow. Its development 
enables us to discriminate, and discern hues and tints, and remember colors. Ex- 
cess : great fondness for colors, 
fastidious criticism of tints. De- 
ficiency : inability to distinguish 
colors ; " color blindness." 

No. 29, Order— method, arrange- 
ment, system, neatness ; is indi- 
cated by a housewife sweeping, 
When large, it makes one very 
neat and tidy. Excess : undue neat- 
ness. Deficiency ; slovenliness, dis- 
order, and general irregularity. 

No. 30, Calculation — the power 
to enumerate, reckon, etc., shown 
by a sum in long division. Excess : disposition to count and " reckon " everything. 
Deficiency ; lack of talent in relations of numbers ; can not add, subtract, o ■ multiply. 
No. 31, Locality — the exploring faculty — love of travel and abiliiy tJ remembel 
places— illustrated by a traveler on horseback near a guideboard. Excess: an un- 
settled, roving disposition; Deficiency : poor memory of places, liability to lose the way. 





CAPT. COOK. 



DR. KANE. 



LITERARY FACULTIES. 
No. 32, Eventuality — the historic fac- 
ility. Some people " talk like a book ; " 
are full of anecdotal lore, and can relate 
occurrences, and have a good memory. 
A book of history illustrates this orgau. 
Excess : tedious relation of facts and 
stories. Deficiency: poor memory of 
events. 

No. 33, Time — gives a consciousness 
of duration, tells the time of day, helps 
peel. the memory with dates, and music. It 

Is represented by an hour-glass and watch. Excess : undue particularity in matters 
relating to time ; drumming with foot in company to mark time of music, etc. D& 
** * -*- "hility to remember dates or keep time ; fails to keep engagements* 





WEBSTER. 



OUTLINES OF PHRENOLOGY. 



No. 34, Tune — the musical instinct. Ability to compose, remember, and di% 

tkiguish musical sounds ; is pictorially defined by a lady playing on a harp or lyre, 

Excess: disposition to sing, whistle, 

or play at improper times and places. 

Deficiency : inability to distinguish or 

appreciate music. No Tune ! 

No. 35, Language — located in the 
brain above and behind the eye, and, 
when very large, forces the eye for- 
ward and downward, forming a sack 

^3fflf J?2^i BUt* as ** were un( ^ er it i when the organ 

is small, the eye appears to be sunken 

moiC deeply in the head, and this 

fullness or sack-like appearance does 
not exist. Excess : redundancy of words ; more words than thoughts or ideas ; gar- 
rulity. Deficiency : lack of verbal expression. Should cultivate Language. 





BEETHOVEN. 



MENDELSSOHN. 





IDIOT. 



REASONING ORGANS. 
No. 36, Causality— the ability to com- small. 

prehend principles and to think abstract- 
ly, to understand the why-and-wherefore 
of things, anu to synthetize. It is repre- 
sented by a picture of Newton observing 
a falling apple. His endeavor to explain 
the cause of that simple fact is said to 
have led to the discovery of the law of 
gravity. Excess: too much theorizing, 
and impracticable philosophy. Deficien- 
cy : weak in judgment; inability to 
think, plan, or reason. 

GALILEO. mT * ' . ., . . 

No. 37, Comparison — the analyzing, 
criticising, illustrating, comparing, inquisitive, adapting faculty, is represented by a 
chemist experimenting in his laboratory. Excess: captious criticism, unnecessary 
or improper contrasts. Deficiency : inability to reason by analogy. 
C, Human Nature— the 

power to discern motives, 

character, qualities, and 

physiological conditions. 

Good physicians have it 

large. This intuitive fac- 
ulty is shown by two men 

in conversation, one of 

whom is devoid of it, 

while the other, who has it 

large, reads his motives. 

Excess : violent personal 

prejudice, offensive criti- 
carnochan. cism of character. De- astley cooper, 

(feiency : indiscriminating confidence in everybody ; easily deceived. 

D, Suavity.— Agreeableness, tendency to speak and act in a mellow, persuasive 
manner — to put a smooth surface on rough affairs, and say disagreeable things 
Agreeably, and without giving offense. Excess : affectation, blarney. Deficiency: want 
of ease of manner. Larger in the French than in the English, 





Brain and CDind, 



OE, MENTAL SCIENCE CONSIDERED IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES 
OF PHRENOLOGY AND IN RELA- 
TION TO MODERN PHILOSOPHY. 

By H. S. Drayton, A.M., M.D. ? and James McNeill, 
A.B. Illustrated with over One Hundred Portraits and 
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The following, from the Table of Contents, shows 
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General Principles. 

The Temperaments. 

Structure of the Brain and Skull. 

Classification of the Faculties. 

The Selfish Organs. 

The Intellect. 

The Semi-Intellectual Faculties. 

The Organs of the Social Func- 
tions. 

The Moral and Religious Senti- 
ments. 



The Selfish Sentiments. 

How to Examine Heads. 

How Character is Manifested. 

The Action of the Faculties. 

The Relation of Phrenology to Meta- 
physics and Education. 

Value of Phrenology as an Art. 

Phrenology and Physiology. 

Objections and Confirmations by the 
Physiologists. 

Phrenology in General Literature. 



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abounds with valuable instruction expressed in clear, practical 
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